first name
ADRIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 241,093 people named Adrian, 61.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% as White and 12.9% as Black. 94.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Adrian peaked in 2008, when 8,100 babies got the name.
At least 287,982 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Adrian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #83. The largest share of babies named Adrian, 36.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Adrian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adrian has been most common in Nevada (3×), Arizona (2.7×), and New Mexico (2.6×), and least common in Vermont (0.07×).
279,333 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Adrian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adrian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Adrian ranks #6,460 of 156,621, with 5,058 people. See Adrian as a last name
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