# Adrian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adrian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “from the roman harbor hadria” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hadrian, Adria |
| US babies named this | 287,982 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 272,265 / 15,717 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,538, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 164 | 1,392 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,624 |
| 2013 | 126 | 1,675 |
| 2014 | 106 | 1,893 |
| 2015 | 84 | 2,236 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,884 |
| 2017 | 114 | 1,815 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,302 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,194 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2,632 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,384 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,756 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,518 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,857 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,645 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,349 | 56 |
| 2012 | 6,952 | 61 |
| 2013 | 6,854 | 60 |
| 2014 | 6,706 | 59 |
| 2015 | 6,540 | 58 |
| 2016 | 6,337 | 60 |
| 2017 | 6,236 | 58 |
| 2018 | 5,817 | 62 |
| 2019 | 5,786 | 56 |
| 2020 | 5,321 | 58 |
| 2021 | 5,144 | 61 |
| 2022 | 5,044 | 63 |
| 2023 | 4,666 | 67 |
| 2024 | 4,642 | 72 |
| 2025 | 4,464 | 74 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 231 | 214 |
| 2012 | 267 | 208 |
| 2013 | 273 | 203 |
| 2014 | 232 | 237 |
| 2015 | 218 | 244 |
| 2016 | 251 | 223 |
| 2017 | 239 | 224 |
| 2018 | 222 | 231 |
| 2019 | 199 | 246 |
| 2020 | 194 | 243 |
| 2021 | 188 | 249 |
| 2022 | 151 | 298 |
| 2023 | 175 | 262 |
| 2024 | 200 | 244 |
| 2025 | 161 | 279 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ադրիանոս
- Bulgarian: Адриа́н, Андриа́н
- Catalan: Adrià
- Chinese: 阿德里安, 安德林
- Danish: Adrian
- Dutch: Adriaan
- Finnish: Ari
- French: Adrien
- German: Adrian
- Greek: Αδριανός
- Hebrew: אדריאן
- Hungarian: Adorján
- Italian: Adriano
- Latin: Adrianus, Hadrianus
- Latvian: Adrians
- Lithuanian: Adrianas, Adriana
- Norwegian: Adrian
- Polish: Adrian
- Portuguese: Adriano, Adrião
- Romanian: Adrian

## People named Adrian

- Adrian Smith, English guitarist
- Adrian Năstase, 59th Prime Minister of Romania (2000-2004)
- Adrian Newey, British Formula One engineer
- Adrian Willaert, Franco-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School (1480–1562)
- Adrian Grenier, American actor, director, producer, musician
- Adrian Pasdar, American actor and director
- Adrian Lamo, American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018)
- Adrian Lyne, British film director
- Adrian Belew, American rock musician
- Adrian Lulgjuraj, Albanian singer
- Adrian Quist, Australian tennis player (1913–1991)
- Adrian Boult, British conductor (1889–1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.