Adrien
Adrien is a given name and surname, and the French spelling for the name Adrian. It is also the masculine form of the feminine name Adrienne. It may refer to:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Adrien
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adrien is a given name and surname, and the French spelling for the name Adrian. It is also the masculine form of the feminine name Adrienne. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Adrien
As a girl name
Adrien first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1943, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 56 births, good for #1,900 nationwide. About 29% of every Adrien on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Adrien last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Adrien on the record books as a boy name in 1881, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 345 Adriens were born — ranking #696 that year. About 28% of every Adrien on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Adrien ranks #1,206 for boys with 169 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Adrien
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Adrien. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Adrien
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About the name Adrien
Adrien is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Adrien's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #696. Use the chart and map above to compare Adrien's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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