NameTides

Adrian

Adrian was the #74 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,464 babies), and #279 in England & Wales and #109 in Canada.

Adrian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Adrian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Adrian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#74 (4,464)#279 (161)#298 (12)#314 (5)#348 (11)#109 (284)—
2024#72 (4,642)#244 (200)#478 (6)—#200 (24)#92 (308)—
2023#67 (4,666)#262 (175)#267 (14)#249 (7)#268 (16)#117 (262)—
2022#63 (5,044)#298 (151)#292 (13)—#225 (22)#111 (285)—
2021#61 (5,144)#249 (188)#328 (11)#295 (6)#257 (18)#110 (317)—
2020#58 (5,321)#243 (194)#231 (18)#304 (5)#211 (23)#105 (314)—
2019#56 (5,786)#246 (199)#296 (12)—#199 (27)#102 (342)—
2018#62 (5,817)#231 (222)#361 (9)#365 (4)#180 (31)#102 (354)—
2017#58 (6,236)#224 (239)#304 (13)#250 (7)#169 (35)#111 (346)—
2016#60 (6,337)#223 (251)#278 (15)#232 (8)#156 (40)#120 (336)—
2015#58 (6,540)#244 (218)#231 (20)#259 (7)#173 (35)#130 (318)—
2014#59 (6,706)#237 (232)#216 (23)#398 (3)#129 (50)#115 (362)—
2013#60 (6,854)#203 (273)#227 (20)#303 (5)#161 (40)#136 (286)—
2012#61 (6,952)#208 (267)#274 (14)#217 (9)#127 (57)#124 (318)—
2011#56 (7,349)#214 (231)#224 (19)#231 (8)#125 (58)#124 (328)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #56.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 380 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 380common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 560common

Next year

On its recent trend, Adrian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 390 to 1 in 400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adrian by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #74WAIdaho: #143IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #146MNIllinois: #74ILMichigan: #160MINew York: #75NYMassachusetts: #82MAOregon: #69ORNevada: #22NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #167IAIndiana: #122INOhio: #195OHPennsylvania: #109PANew Jersey: #88NJConnecticut: #62CTRhode Island: #66RICalifornia: #29CAUtah: #101UTColorado: #69CONebraska: #82NEMissouri: #165MOKentucky: #153KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #78VAMaryland: #78MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #36AZNew Mexico: #30NMKansas: #109KSArkansas: #126ARTennessee: #149TNNorth Carolina: #98NCSouth Carolina: #131SCDistrict of Columbia: #74DCOklahoma: #101OKLouisiana: #136LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #141ALGeorgia: #73GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #41TXFlorida: #63FL
Adrian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#78151
Quebec2025#20926

Adrian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdrianCanadaGirls—too few
AdrianCanadaBoys#109284
AdrianEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AdrianEngland & WalesBoys#279161
AdrianIrelandBoys#34811
AdrianNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
AdrianNSWBoys—too few
AdrianScotlandBoys#29812
AdrianUSGirls#3,64541
AdrianUSBoys#744,464