Adrian
Boy · AY-dree-an · Latin
Adrian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Hadria”. In 2025 it ranked 288th for boys in the UK (178 babies) and 74th for boys in the US (4,464 babies).
What does Adrian mean?
Latin: from the Roman name Hadrianus
“from Hadria”
Nicholas Breakspear took the name Adrian IV in 1154, becoming the only English pope.
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Is Adrian a girl's or a boy's name?
Adrian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 178 boys in the UK and 41 girls and 4,464 boys in the US.
How popular is Adrian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #288among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 178about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 178 boys in the UK were named Adrian, making it the 288th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 250th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 300 boys.
Half of all the boys named Adrian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 279th in England and Wales, 298th in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#74), 1954 (#54), 1964 (#30), 1974 (#38) and 1984 (#63).
Adrian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178 | #288 |
| 2024 | 206 | #257 |
| 2023 | 196 | #267 |
| 2022 | 164 | #311 |
| 2021 | 205 | #267 |
| 2020 | 217 | #250 |
| 2019 | 211 | #260 |
| 2018 | 235 | #247 |
| 2017 | 259 | #235 |
| 2016 | 274 | #226 |
| 2015 | 245 | #256 |
| 2014 | 258 | #242 |
| 2013 | 298 | #210 |
| 2012 | 290 | #214 |
| 2011 | 258 | #223 |
| 2010 | 300 | #202 |
| 2009 | 295 | #200 |
| 2008 | 261 | #205 |
| 2007 | 247 | #213 |
| 2006 | 170 | #247 |
| 2005 | 145 | #264 |
| 2004 | 136 | #273 |
| 2003 | 124 | #278 |
| 2002 | 93 | #324 |
| 2001 | 101 | #309 |
| 2000 | 131 | #246 |
| 1999 | 132 | #262 |
| 1998 | 130 | #255 |
| 1997 | 165 | #221 |
| 1996 | 161 | #218 |
How popular is Adrian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #74among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4,464about 1 in 380 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.6%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4,464 boys in the US were named Adrian, making it the 74th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 58th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7,938 boys. 41 girls were also named Adrian in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 17 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Adrian than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Adrian in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, under 1% of the babies named Adrian in the US were girls.
Adrian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,464 | #74 |
| 2024 | 4,642 | #72 |
| 2023 | 4,666 | #67 |
| 2022 | 5,044 | #63 |
| 2021 | 5,144 | #61 |
| 2020 | 5,321 | #58 |
| 2019 | 5,786 | #56 |
| 2018 | 5,817 | #62 |
| 2017 | 6,236 | #58 |
| 2016 | 6,337 | #60 |
| 2015 | 6,540 | #58 |
| 2014 | 6,706 | #59 |
| 2013 | 6,854 | #60 |
| 2012 | 6,952 | #61 |
| 2011 | 7,349 | #56 |
| 2010 | 7,409 | #56 |
| 2009 | 7,633 | #59 |
| 2008 | 7,938 | #56 |
| 2007 | 7,742 | #61 |
| 2006 | 7,383 | #63 |
| 2005 | 6,727 | #65 |
| 2004 | 6,140 | #72 |
| 2003 | 6,110 | #68 |
| 2002 | 5,684 | #73 |
| 2001 | 5,424 | #75 |
| 2000 | 5,341 | #78 |
| 1999 | 5,066 | #79 |
| 1998 | 5,429 | #71 |
| 1997 | 4,116 | #95 |
| 1996 | 4,112 | #92 |
| 1995 | 3,911 | #96 |
| 1994 | 3,814 | #97 |
| 1993 | 3,754 | #99 |
| 1992 | 3,859 | #96 |
| 1991 | 3,921 | #93 |
| 1990 | 4,000 | #94 |
| 1989 | 3,418 | #100 |
| 1988 | 3,220 | #101 |
| 1987 | 2,846 | #102 |
| 1986 | 2,943 | #99 |
| 1985 | 3,132 | #93 |
| 1984 | 2,656 | #107 |
| 1983 | 2,550 | #107 |
| 1982 | 2,515 | #117 |
| 1981 | 2,467 | #115 |
| 1980 | 2,393 | #115 |
| 1979 | 2,363 | #113 |
| 1978 | 2,306 | #111 |
| 1977 | 2,262 | #121 |
| 1976 | 2,119 | #124 |
| 1975 | 1,953 | #133 |
| 1974 | 1,817 | #138 |
| 1973 | 1,612 | #154 |
| 1972 | 1,678 | #157 |
| 1971 | 1,507 | #177 |
| 1970 | 1,295 | #200 |
| 1969 | 1,044 | #223 |
| 1968 | 958 | #231 |
| 1967 | 813 | #247 |
| 1966 | 756 | #266 |
| 1965 | 772 | #268 |
| 1964 | 784 | #276 |
| 1963 | 653 | #305 |
| 1962 | 703 | #290 |
| 1961 | 634 | #311 |
| 1960 | 555 | #327 |
| 1959 | 484 | #353 |
| 1958 | 443 | #367 |
| 1957 | 463 | #351 |
| 1956 | 441 | #350 |
| 1955 | 431 | #347 |
| 1954 | 367 | #367 |
| 1953 | 404 | #344 |
| 1952 | 368 | #352 |
| 1951 | 358 | #362 |
| 1950 | 298 | #389 |
| 1949 | 314 | #380 |
| 1948 | 305 | #391 |
| 1947 | 302 | #394 |
| 1946 | 290 | #382 |
| 1945 | 231 | #395 |
| 1944 | 241 | #387 |
| 1943 | 222 | #414 |
| 1942 | 237 | #392 |
| 1941 | 260 | #362 |
| 1940 | 237 | #370 |
| 1939 | 248 | #354 |
| 1938 | 247 | #353 |
| 1937 | 224 | #361 |
| 1936 | 217 | #370 |
| 1935 | 211 | #372 |
| 1934 | 205 | #382 |
| 1933 | 195 | #392 |
| 1932 | 210 | #385 |
| 1931 | 214 | #383 |
| 1930 | 205 | #410 |
| 1929 | 228 | #383 |
| 1928 | 230 | #390 |
| 1927 | 221 | #403 |
| 1926 | 280 | #345 |
| 1925 | 267 | #363 |
| 1924 | 333 | #315 |
| 1923 | 340 | #310 |
| 1922 | 275 | #358 |
| 1921 | 283 | #358 |
| 1920 | 284 | #348 |
| 1919 | 274 | #341 |
| 1918 | 325 | #309 |
| 1917 | 273 | #330 |
| 1916 | 242 | #347 |
| 1915 | 231 | #351 |
| 1914 | 174 | #353 |
| 1913 | 155 | #327 |
| 1912 | 130 | #330 |
| 1911 | 55 | #379 |
| 1910 | 42 | #415 |
| 1909 | 38 | #397 |
| 1908 | 41 | #355 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 34 | #355 |
| 1905 | 33 | #360 |
| 1904 | 30 | #368 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | 30 | #322 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 27 | #360 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | 18 | #476 |
| 1894 | 18 | #464 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 16 | #441 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 16 | #464 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 14 | #479 |
| 1882 | 18 | #426 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
Nicknames for Adrian
- Ade 11 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Adrian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Adrian
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