Adrian
For 2025 the count puts Adrian at #74 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 272,265 bearers and counting.
What Adrian carries
Adrian · Latin
“from Adria”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Adrian’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Adrian, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Adrian since 1880
Adrian peaked in 2008 at #56; #74 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Adrian is most common
Adrian is most common in Nevada: 0.62% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. New Mexico (0.57%) and Delaware (0.54%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Adrian
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Austin
#113 in 2025 · Latin
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
Stella
#52 in 2025 · Latin
Julia
#131 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
Antonio
#176 in 2025 · Latin
Julian
#25 in 2025 · Latin
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About Adrian
How popular is the name Adrian?
For 2025 the count puts Adrian at #74 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Adrian?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “from Adria”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Adrian?
Nearest by the published recipe: Austin, Claire and Stella. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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