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Adrian
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/
Rank in 2024
#72
Born in 2024
4,617
Peak year
2008 · #56
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:58 in 2024 (#2,876)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,617 boys were named Adrian, about 1 in every 372.
- It peaked in 2008 with 7,937 babies, ranked #56.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 267,752 boys 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.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 1.7Millennials1981–96
- 3.3Gen Z1997–12
- 3.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,469 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Silent: 4,062 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,597 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen X: 25,648 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Millennials: 53,117 babies, 1.75 per 1,000. Gen Z: 102,441 babies, 3.26 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 69,047 babies, 3.18 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
- /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Adrian, CC BY-SA 4.0.