Adrain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-dree-un
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Adrain is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Hadria”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Adrain mean?
Latin: spelling of Adrian
“from Hadria”
Adrian comes from the Roman family name Hadrianus, borne by the emperor Hadrian, who built Hadrian's Wall.
Is Adrain a girl's or a boy's name?
Adrain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adrain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Adrain, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1978, with 111 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Adrain in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,549 boys in the US were given Adrain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #81, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
In 1997, 12% of the babies named Adrain in the US were girls.
Adrain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 46 | #1,819 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 64 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,021 |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,220 |
| 1987 | 92 | #989 |
| 1986 | 97 | #924 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,010 |
| 1984 | 93 | #913 |
| 1983 | 85 | #956 |
| 1982 | 86 | #969 |
| 1981 | 86 | #971 |
| 1980 | 106 | #859 |
| 1979 | 101 | #864 |
| 1978 | 111 | #811 |
| 1977 | 100 | #856 |
| 1976 | 93 | #866 |
| 1975 | 96 | #850 |
| 1974 | 87 | #856 |
| 1973 | 76 | #925 |
| 1972 | 86 | #868 |
| 1971 | 66 | #998 |
| 1970 | 71 | #951 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,131 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,189 |
| 1964 | 65 | #945 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,348 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
Names like Adrain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anthony, Agustin, Justin, Aaron, Jonathan, Fabian, Antonio, Austin, Francisco, Alan, Dominic, Jason
Other spellings of Adrain
Adrian, Adryan, Aydrian, Adryen, Adrion, Aydrien, Adrean, Adriaan, Adriann
Names related to Adrain
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adrain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adrain, updated 20 October 2026.