Adriann
A feminine variant of the Latin name "Adrianus", meaning "from Hadria".
Name Census estimates that about 1,027 living Americans carry the first name Adriann. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 87.3% of registrations being female. The average person named Adriann today is around 34 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adriann births was 1978 (39 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adriann. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.0K
~ 1 in 333,743 Americans
Peak year
1978
39 babies that year
Average age
34
years old
2023 SSA rank
#8,269
Tracked since 1942
Census
Adriann in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,070 people with the first name Adriann, which placed it at #11,812 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#11,812
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,070 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
47.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adriann
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adriann is White at 47.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (23.6%) and Black (19.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Adriann described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Adriann at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White47.9% · 512
- Hispanic or Latino23.6% · 252
- Black or African American19.8% · 212
- Two or more races4.7% · 50
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.2% · 24
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.9% · 20
Gender
Gender distribution for Adriann
Adriann leans heavily female at 87.3% of total registrations, but 140 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Adriann as a male name
- Ranked #8,269 in 2023
- 9 male births in 2023
- Peak: 2011 (16 births)
Adriann as a female name
- Ranked #12,149 in 2024
- 7 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1978 (39 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adriann leans strongly female. 933 people counted with this name were female (87.7%), compared with 131 male bearers (12.3%).
Popularity
Adriann: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adriann from the 1940s through to the 2020s, spanning 9 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 234 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1980s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adriann by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Adriann during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adrianns live
Origin
Meaning and history of Adriann
The name Adriann has its origins in the ancient Roman name Hadrianus, which was derived from the Latin word "Hadria" meaning "from Hadria". Hadria was a town in northern Italy, located near the Adriatic Sea. The name was first popularized by the Roman emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus, who reigned from 117 to 138 AD. He is better known as Hadrian and is famous for the construction of Hadrian's Wall in Britain.
The name Adriann is a variant spelling of the more common Adrian, which emerged during the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded examples of this spelling can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which was a survey of land ownership in England commissioned by William the Conqueror.
In the 12th century, Saint Adriann was a Roman martyr who was killed during the reign of Emperor Galerius. He is venerated as the patron saint of soldiers and arms dealers. This association with a Christian saint helped to popularize the name across Europe during the Middle Ages.
During the Renaissance, the name Adriann gained further prominence due to the influence of the Dutch scholar Adriaan Florenszoon, better known as Adrianus VI. He was elected Pope in 1522 and reigned until 1523. His tenure as Pope was brief, but he is remembered for his efforts to reform the Church.
Another notable figure with the name Adriann was Adriann van Roomen, a Dutch mathematician and astronomer who lived in the 16th century. He made significant contributions to the study of optics and is credited with the invention of the binocular telescope.
In the 17th century, Adriann Pauw was a Dutch diplomat and statesman who played a key role in the negotiations that led to the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
The name Adriann has also been associated with several artists, including the 17th-century Dutch painter Adriann van Ostade, who was renowned for his depictions of peasant life, and the 18th-century French painter Adriann Manglard, who specialized in portraiture.
People
Adriann + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adriann as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Adriann: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adriann?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,027 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adriann going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 333,743 US residents.
Is Adriann a common name?
We classify Adriann as "Rare". It ranks above 90.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,100 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adriann most popular?
The single biggest year for Adriann was 1978, when 39 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adriann is about 34 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adriann in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,070 people with the name Adriann, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,812 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Adriann in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Adriann?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adriann leans strongly female. 933 people counted with this name were female (87.7%), compared with 131 male bearers (12.3%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Adriann?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adriann is White at 47.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (23.6%) and Black (19.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Adriann most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Adriann in the 2020 Census, accounting for 47.9% (512 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Adriann in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adriann a female name?
Yes, 87.3% of people registered as Adriann in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Adriann still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adriann in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Adriann can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Adriann as a first name?
You can see how many people have the name Adriann on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.