Adrian

Primarily a boy's name · 94% boys

Meaning

Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word adur, meaning "sea" or "water".

From Wikipedia

Adrian first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 7,937 babies (rank #56 that year). In 2024 it was given to 4,617 boys (rank #72). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Adrian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Adrian yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

283,427

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

7,937

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Adrian

Adrian Mutuassociation football player · b. 1979
Adrian SmithQ67892846 · b. 1957
Adrian SutilFormula One driver · b. 1983
Adrian Năstaseblogger · b. 1950
Adrian Neweyautomotive engineer · b. 1958

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	18	#403
1881	12	#504
1882	18	#426
1883	14	#480
1884	9	#663
1885	12	#547
1886	17	#431
1887	13	#488
1888	19	#430
1889	16	#464
1890	17	#434
1891	16	#441
1892	18	#458
1893	13	#539
1894	18	#464
1895	18	#477
1896	22	#417
1897	27	#360
1898	17	#506
1899	30	#322
1900	27	#430
1901	29	#334
1902	26	#388
1903	23	#411
1904	30	#368
1905	33	#360
1906	34	#355
1907	31	#405
1908	41	#355
1909	38	#397
1910	42	#415
1911	55	#379
1912	130	#330
1913	155	#327
1914	174	#353
1915	231	#351
1916	242	#347
1917	273	#330
1918	325	#309
1919	274	#341
1920	284	#348
1921	283	#358
1922	275	#358
1923	340	#310
1924	333	#315
1925	267	#363
1926	280	#345
1927	221	#403
1928	230	#390
1929	228	#383
1930	205	#410
1931	214	#383
1932	210	#385
1933	195	#392
1934	205	#382
1935	211	#372
1936	217	#370
1937	224	#361
1938	247	#353
1939	248	#354
1940	237	#370
1941	260	#362
1942	237	#392
1943	222	#414
1944	241	#387
1945	231	#395
1946	290	#382
1947	302	#394
1948	305	#391
1949	314	#380
1950	298	#390
1951	358	#363
1952	368	#353
1953	404	#345
1954	367	#368
1955	431	#348
1956	441	#351
1957	463	#351
1958	443	#367
1959	484	#353
1960	556	#326
1961	634	#311
1962	702	#291
1963	653	#305
1964	784	#276
1965	772	#268
1966	756	#266
1967	813	#247
1968	958	#231
1969	1,044	#223
1970	1,295	#200
1971	1,507	#177
1972	1,678	#157
1973	1,612	#154
1974	1,817	#138
1975	1,953	#133
1976	2,118	#124
1977	2,262	#121
1978	2,306	#111
1979	2,365	#112
1980	2,392	#115
1981	2,468	#115
1982	2,515	#117
1983	2,550	#107
1984	2,657	#107
1985	3,132	#93
1986	2,943	#99
1987	2,846	#102
1988	3,220	#101
1989	3,418	#100
1990	4,000	#94
1991	3,921	#93
1992	3,859	#96
1993	3,754	#99
1994	3,814	#97
1995	3,911	#96
1996	4,109	#92
1997	4,116	#95
1998	5,429	#71
1999	5,067	#79
2000	5,341	#78
2001	5,424	#75
2002	5,684	#73
2003	6,110	#68
2004	6,140	#72
2005	6,726	#65
2006	7,383	#63
2007	7,742	#61
2008	7,937	#56
2009	7,633	#59
2010	7,409	#56
2011	7,349	#56
2012	6,951	#61
2013	6,854	#60
2014	6,706	#59
2015	6,536	#58
2016	6,336	#60
2017	6,233	#58
2018	5,816	#62
2019	5,784	#56
2020	5,316	#58
2021	5,143	#61
2022	5,044	#63
2023	4,662	#67
2024	4,617	#72