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Adrian: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,464 in 2025. Its best rank was #56 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #56 in 2019; #74 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Adrian in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#74 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #56.
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Adrian: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,464 boys in 2025. Peak: #56 in 2019 · most boys in one year: 7,938 (2008).
In 2025, 4,464 US boys were named Adrian, making it the 74th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #72 in 2024. That is 178 fewer than the 4,642 boys named Adrian in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #56, reached in 2019. The most boys given the name in a single year was 7,938, in 2008. For comparison, it was #58 in 2015 and #390 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adrian in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 287,982 US babies have been given the name, 5.5% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 67,912 babies named Adrian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 53,457 US boys were named Adrian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 6,337. In 2025 that was about 1 in 383 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Adrian ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #22 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 24 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Adriel (34,751 babies since 1880), Adrien (11,194 babies since 1880), Adriano (2,545 babies since 1880) and Arjan (1,001 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Adrean, Adriann and Adron are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rian.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English, German, Polish and Romanian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Adrean (1,216), Adriann (1,106), Adron (1,100), Hadrian (829), Adrion (778), Aydrian (449), Adrin (419), Arjen (398), Adren (373), Aydrien (243), Adryen (136), Adriaan (105), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 70 | #22 | #21 |
| California | 869 | #29 | #24 |
| New Mexico | 37 | #30 | #59 |
| Arizona | 148 | #36 | #27 |
| Texas | 705 | #41 | #37 |
| Delaware | 16 | #55 | #90 |
| Connecticut | 55 | #62 | #52 |
| Florida | 317 | #63 | #38 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | #67 | #38 |
| Oregon | 51 | #69 | #86 |
| Colorado | 87 | #69 | #65 |
| Georgia | 146 | #73 | #98 |
| Illinois | 147 | #74 | #47 |
| Washington | 97 | #74 | #76 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | #74 | #75 |
| New York | 230 | #75 | #55 |
| Maryland | 69 | #78 | #95 |
| Virginia | 109 | #79 | #83 |
| Nebraska | 30 | #82 | #62 |
| Massachusetts | 86 | #82 | #62 |
| New Jersey | 108 | #88 | #54 |
| Wyoming | 5 | #90 | #160 |
| Alaska | 8 | #94 | #64 |
| North Carolina | 125 | #98 | #85 |
| Utah | 51 | #101 | #131 |
| Oklahoma | 44 | #101 | #65 |
| Kansas | 34 | #109 | #74 |
| Pennsylvania | 115 | #110 | #127 |
| Indiana | 66 | #122 | #90 |
| Arkansas | 28 | #126 | #130 |
| South Carolina | 42 | #131 | #93 |
| Wisconsin | 45 | #135 | #83 |
| Louisiana | 37 | #136 | #118 |
| Alabama | 40 | #141 | #179 |
| Idaho | 19 | #143 | #85 |
| Minnesota | 44 | #146 | #129 |
| Tennessee | 64 | #149 | #134 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #152 | #178 |
| Kentucky | 35 | #153 | #114 |
| Michigan | 63 | #160 | #124 |
| Missouri | 42 | #165 | #176 |
| Iowa | 25 | #167 | #107 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #169 | #223 |
| Maine | 7 | #172 | #238 |
| Ohio | 65 | #195 | #156 |
| Montana | 6 | #201 | #204 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #222 | #81 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #240 | #121 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #254 | #247 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,645 | 4,464 | #74 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 | 4,642 | #72 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,518 | 4,666 | #67 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 | 5,044 | #63 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 | 5,144 | #61 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,632 | 5,321 | #58 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,194 | 5,786 | #56 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 | 5,817 | #62 |
| 2017 | 114 | #1,815 | 6,236 | #58 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,884 | 6,337 | #60 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 | 6,540 | #58 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,893 | 6,706 | #59 |
| 2013 | 126 | #1,675 | 6,854 | #60 |
| 2012 | 133 | #1,624 | 6,952 | #61 |
| 2011 | 164 | #1,392 | 7,349 | #56 |
| 2010 | 163 | #1,402 | 7,409 | #56 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,450 | 7,633 | #59 |
| 2008 | 162 | #1,453 | 7,938 | #56 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,340 | 7,742 | #61 |
| 2006 | 179 | #1,307 | 7,383 | #63 |
| 2005 | 169 | #1,307 | 6,727 | #65 |
| 2004 | 170 | #1,264 | 6,140 | #72 |
| 2003 | 171 | #1,233 | 6,110 | #68 |
| 2002 | 197 | #1,077 | 5,684 | #73 |
| 2001 | 189 | #1,117 | 5,424 | #75 |
| 2000 | 212 | #999 | 5,341 | #78 |
| 1999 | 176 | #1,126 | 5,066 | #79 |
| 1998 | 246 | #862 | 5,429 | #71 |
| 1997 | 230 | #883 | 4,116 | #95 |
| 1996 | 215 | #913 | 4,112 | #92 |
| 1995 | 229 | #853 | 3,911 | #96 |
| 1994 | 241 | #833 | 3,814 | #97 |
| 1993 | 325 | #670 | 3,754 | #99 |
| 1992 | 307 | #702 | 3,859 | #96 |
| 1991 | 329 | #662 | 3,921 | #93 |
| 1990 | 376 | #602 | 4,000 | #94 |
| 1989 | 304 | #666 | 3,418 | #100 |
| 1988 | 385 | #557 | 3,220 | #101 |
| 1987 | 355 | #563 | 2,846 | #102 |
| 1986 | 305 | #618 | 2,943 | #99 |
| 1985 | 388 | #517 | 3,132 | #93 |
| 1984 | 459 | #451 | 2,656 | #107 |
| 1983 | 479 | #440 | 2,550 | #107 |
| 1982 | 409 | #497 | 2,515 | #117 |
| 1981 | 317 | #581 | 2,467 | #115 |
| 1980 | 346 | #544 | 2,393 | #115 |
| 1979 | 348 | #539 | 2,363 | #113 |
| 1978 | 315 | #553 | 2,306 | #111 |
| 1977 | 274 | #612 | 2,262 | #121 |
| 1976 | 208 | #706 | 2,119 | #124 |
| 1975 | 212 | #699 | 1,953 | #133 |
| 1974 | 194 | #732 | 1,817 | #138 |
| 1973 | 199 | #723 | 1,612 | #154 |
| 1972 | 241 | #635 | 1,678 | #157 |
| 1971 | 230 | #673 | 1,507 | #177 |
| 1970 | 214 | #717 | 1,295 | #200 |
| 1969 | 200 | #708 | 1,044 | #223 |
| 1968 | 230 | #638 | 958 | #231 |
| 1967 | 232 | #624 | 813 | #247 |
| 1966 | 159 | #778 | 756 | #266 |
| 1965 | 116 | #951 | 772 | #268 |
| 1964 | 160 | #829 | 784 | #276 |
| 1963 | 121 | #964 | 653 | #305 |
| 1962 | 145 | #871 | 703 | #290 |
| 1961 | 112 | #1,031 | 634 | #311 |
| 1960 | 106 | #1,043 | 555 | #327 |
| 1959 | 109 | #1,013 | 484 | #353 |
| 1958 | 98 | #1,059 | 443 | #367 |
| 1957 | 104 | #1,026 | 463 | #351 |
| 1956 | 107 | #977 | 441 | #351 |
| 1955 | 90 | #1,062 | 431 | #348 |
| 1954 | 95 | #1,000 | 367 | #368 |
| 1953 | 87 | #1,034 | 404 | #345 |
| 1952 | 97 | #946 | 368 | #353 |
| 1951 | 96 | #945 | 358 | #363 |
| 1950 | 102 | #876 | 298 | #390 |
| 1949 | 101 | #872 | 314 | #380 |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,095 | 305 | #391 |
| 1947 | 76 | #1,012 | 302 | #394 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,239 | 290 | #382 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,232 | 231 | #395 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,256 | 241 | #387 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,367 | 222 | #414 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,264 | 237 | #392 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,294 | 260 | #362 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,404 | 237 | #370 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 | 248 | #354 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,382 | 247 | #353 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 | 224 | #361 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,446 | 217 | #370 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 | 211 | #372 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,372 | 205 | #382 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,053 | 195 | #392 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,235 | 210 | #385 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,804 | 214 | #383 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,112 | 205 | #410 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,301 | 228 | #383 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,623 | 230 | #390 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,433 | 221 | #403 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,997 | 280 | #345 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,193 | 267 | #363 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,308 | 333 | #315 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,644 | 340 | #310 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,481 | 275 | #358 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,763 | 283 | #358 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,601 | 284 | #348 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 | 274 | #341 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,674 | 325 | #309 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,316 | 273 | #330 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,660 | 242 | #347 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,528 | 231 | #351 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,541 | 174 | #353 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,164 | 155 | #327 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,149 | 130 | #330 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,958 | 55 | #379 |
| 1910 | — | — | 42 | #415 |
| 1909 | — | — | 38 | #397 |
| 1908 | — | — | 41 | #355 |
| 1907 | — | — | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | — | — | 34 | #355 |
| 1905 | — | — | 33 | #360 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #368 |
| 1903 | — | — | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | — | — | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | — | — | 30 | #322 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #506 |
| 1897 | — | — | 27 | #360 |
| 1896 | — | — | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | — | — | 18 | #477 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #464 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #539 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | — | — | 16 | #441 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #464 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #480 |
| 1882 | — | — | 18 | #426 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #504 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #403 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).