Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Adrian

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Adrian
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

7,937

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

41.8%

2024

4,617

All-time

267,752

Adrian has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 7,937 boys were named Adrian.

In 2024, only 4,617 boys were given the name.

Down 41.8% from its peak.

All told, about 267,752 Americans have been named Adrian and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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