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Boy's name · #74 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Adrian reached its best rank, #56, in 2008 and ranked #74 in 2025. Roughly 272,000 boys have been named Adrian since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#18 in Spain (2024) · #24 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #28 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #32 in Sweden (2025) · #34 in Croatia (2025) · #45 in Mexico (2024) · #53 in Austria (2025) · #60 in Ecuador (2025) · #70 in Norway (2025) · #75 in Poland (2025) · #85 in Czechia (2025) · #86 in Switzerland (2025) and 10 more.
Among 3,848 notable people named Adrian:
Sports figures appear 1.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer (born 1979).
A popular twin pairing with Adrian is Adriana for a girl.
About 180 girls a year are given Addie as their full name.
Similar names: Dominic · Adriel · Christian · Julian · Angel · Fabian
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