Adrian

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

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 1945 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 15 babies (rank #534 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

281
Total babies (all years)
61
Years in the data
15
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19451#123
19471#6
19492#2
19542#17
19552#661
19562#712
19572#741
19591#837
19601#901
19611#888
19621#945
19632#836
19642#843
19654#731
19664#758
19677#642
19684#782
19693#887
19703#887
19724#828
19744#810
19754#822
19761#1,129
19771#1,132
19781#1,161
19794#844
19804#866
19812#1,020
19822#1,033
19836#758
19844#879
19854#896
19864#917
19876#793
198810#681
19895#870
19905#889
19914#964
19924#960
19938#774
19949#749
19954#989
19964#986
19977#846
19984#1,027
19994#1,040
20006#914
20018#835
20028#843
20037#864
20045#966
20055#969
20067#844
20075#931
20085#932
20099#737
201011#678
20119#730
20128#754
20139#714
201415#534