Adrienn
A feminine name of Greek origin meaning "from Adriatic".
Name Census estimates that about 33 living Americans carry the first name Adrienn. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 79.4% of registrations being female. The average person named Adrienn today is around 31 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adrienn births was 2009 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adrienn. 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.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Adrienn. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
33
~ 1 in 10,386,495 Americans
Peak year
2009
12 babies that year
Average age
31
years old
2009 SSA rank
#9,883
Tracked since 1971
Census
Adrienn in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 311 people with the first name Adrienn, which placed it at #28,739 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
#28,739
National first-name rank
People counted
311
311 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
67.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adrienn
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adrienn is White at 67.5%. The next largest groups are Black (16.1%) and Hispanic (11.6%). 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 Adrienn 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 Adrienn at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White67.5% · 210
- Black or African American16.1% · 50
- Hispanic or Latino11.6% · 36
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.3% · 7
- Two or more races2.3% · 7
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 1
Gender
Gender distribution for Adrienn
Adrienn is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 34 total registrations, 7 (20.6%) were male and 27 (79.4%) were female.
Adrienn as a male name
- Ranked #9,883 in 2009
- 7 male births in 2009
- Peak: 2009 (7 births)
Adrienn as a female name
- Ranked #17,348 in 2009
- 5 female births in 2009
- Peak: 1987 (7 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adrienn leans strongly female. 272 people counted with this name were female (87.7%), compared with 38 male bearers (12.3%).
Popularity
Adrienn: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adrienn from the 1970s through to the 2000s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 12 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adrienn 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 Adrienn during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Adrienn
The name Adrienn is a feminine given name with Hungarian origins, deriving from the Latin name Hadrianus. The name Hadrianus itself is believed to have Etruscan roots, originating from the word "atrie" meaning "from Hadria," a town in northern Italy.
Adrienn emerged as a variant of the more common Adriana or Adrienne, which have been in use since the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Adrienne can be traced back to the 12th century, when it was the name of a French noblewoman, Adrienne de La Tour.
In the 16th century, Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692-1730) was a renowned French actress and playwright, renowned for her performances in the works of Racine and Corneille. Her fame helped popularize the name across Europe during the Baroque period.
The name Adrienn gained particular prominence in Hungary in the 19th century, with the birth of Hungarian poet and translator Adrienn Kovács (1853-1928). Her literary contributions helped cement the name's popularity in Hungarian culture.
Another notable figure bearing the name Adrienn was Adrienn Pall (1977-2010), a Hungarian model and actress who rose to fame in the early 2000s. Her untimely death at the age of 32 brought renewed attention to the name in modern times.
Other historical figures named Adrienn include Adrienn Nagy (1927-2013), a Hungarian gymnast who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and Adrienn Shelley (1972-2006), an American actress and filmmaker known for her work in independent cinema.
People
Adrienn + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adrienn 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
Adrienn: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adrienn?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 33 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adrienn 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 10,386,495 US residents.
Is Adrienn a common name?
We classify Adrienn as "Very Rare". It ranks above 48% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 34 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adrienn most popular?
The single biggest year for Adrienn was 2009, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adrienn is about 31 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adrienn in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 311 people with the name Adrienn, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #28,739 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 Adrienn 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 Adrienn?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adrienn leans strongly female. 272 people counted with this name were female (87.7%), compared with 38 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 Adrienn?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adrienn is White at 67.5%. The next largest groups are Black (16.1%) and Hispanic (11.6%). 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 Adrienn most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Adrienn in the 2020 Census, accounting for 67.5% (210 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 Adrienn in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adrienn a female name?
Yes, 79.4% of people registered as Adrienn 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 Adrienn still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adrienn 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 Adrienn 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 the name Adrienn?
Want to know how many people have the name Adrienn? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.