# Adrienne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adrienne/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /eɪdɹiˈɛn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Addi |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 68,756 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 400 / 68,356 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 252, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the French Adrienne, the feminine form of Adrien (equivalent to English Adrian).

## 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 | 424 | 667 |
| 2012 | 389 | 716 |
| 2013 | 349 | 778 |
| 2014 | 340 | 813 |
| 2015 | 329 | 849 |
| 2016 | 340 | 840 |
| 2017 | 289 | 921 |
| 2018 | 288 | 928 |
| 2019 | 257 | 1,004 |
| 2020 | 234 | 1,059 |
| 2021 | 205 | 1,188 |
| 2022 | 203 | 1,183 |
| 2023 | 177 | 1,292 |
| 2024 | 150 | 1,457 |
| 2025 | 123 | 1,673 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11 | 5,927 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,412 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,391 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,645 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,008 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7,605 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,070 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,441 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,090 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,318 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,179 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,687 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,068 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,179 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,846 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2,326 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Dutch: Adriënne
- French: Adrienne
- Hungarian: Adrienn

## People named Adrienne

- Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)
- Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
- Adrienne Clarkson, 26th governor general of Canada
- Adrienne Shelly, American actress (1966–2006)
- Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, American singer, actress, and television personality
- Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (1692-1730)
- Adrienne King, American actor, dancer and painter
- Adrienne Wilkinson, American actress
- Adrienne Corri, British actress (1930-2016)
- Adrienne Frantz, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1978)
- Adrienne C. Moore, American actress
- Adrienne Ames, American actress (1907–1947)

## 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.