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Adrian

Pronounced /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/

Rank in 2024
#2,876
Born in 2024
58
Peak year
1983 · #440
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:4,617 in 2024 (#72)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 58 girls were named Adrian, about 1 in every 27,814.
  • It peaked in 1983 with 479 babies, ranked #440.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1911.
  • 15,675 girls have been named Adrian since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Adrian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 219 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 464 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,920 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,718 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,423 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,902 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,029 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.

  • A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
  • (rare) A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
Origin
Latin
Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Adrian, CC BY-SA 4.0.