# Hadrian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hadrian/  
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”, “water” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪ.dɹiː.(j)ən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 829 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 829 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”), from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria), possibly from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), related to English water, Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), all from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Doublet of Adrian. See Adria.

## What it means

Hadrian is grouped under water.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,195 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,473 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,220 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,903 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,728 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,386 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,409 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,327 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,837 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,192 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,445 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,431 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,928 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,843 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,617 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Hadrian

- Wilhelm Dunker, German geologist, palaeontologist and zoologist (1809-1885)

## 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.