Adrienne
A feminine given name of French origin meaning "of Adriatic".
Name Census estimates that about 56,132 living Americans carry the first name Adrienne. It is a predominantly female name (99.4% of registrations). The average person named Adrienne today is around 45 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adrienne births was 1983 (2,090 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adrienne. 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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Adrienne with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Although Adrienne is used almost entirely for girls, the SSA data does show 400 boys registered with the name since 1880.
People living today
56K
~ 1 in 6,106 Americans
Peak year
1983
2,090 babies that year
Average age
45
years old
2022 SSA rank
#1,455
Tracked since 1880
Census
Adrienne in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 56,600 people with the first name Adrienne, which placed it at #829 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
#829
National first-name rank
People counted
57K
56,600 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
18.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
61.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adrienne
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adrienne is White at 61.9%. The next largest groups are Black (22.7%) and Hispanic (7.8%). 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 Adrienne 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 Adrienne at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White61.9% · 35,009
- Black or African American22.7% · 12,855
- Hispanic or Latino7.8% · 4,435
- Two or more races4.2% · 2,353
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.7% · 1,530
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 418
Gender
Gender distribution for Adrienne
Out of the 68,634 babies given the name Adrienne since 1880, 99.4% were registered as female. The name sits firmly on the female side of the spectrum, with only a handful of male registrations across the entire dataset.
Adrienne as a male name
- Ranked #9,843 in 2022
- 7 male births in 2022
- Peak: 1989 (20 births)
Adrienne as a female name
- Ranked #1,455 in 2024
- 150 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1983 (2,078 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adrienne appears almost entirely female. Of the 56,597 people counted with this name, 99.4% were female and only a very small share were male.
Popularity
Adrienne: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adrienne from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 15,807 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
Adrienne 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 Adrienne during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adriennes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 51 states and territories. New York, California, Illinois recorded the most babies named Adrienne, while North Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 1,242 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Adrienne
The name Adrienne has its origins in the Ancient Roman culture, derived from the Latin name Hadrianus. This name was initially a nickname for someone who hailed from the city of Hadria, located in northern Italy. The name gained prominence during the 2nd century AD when the Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus, commonly known as Hadrian, ruled the vast Roman Empire.
The name Adrienne is a French feminine form of the Latin Hadrianus, introduced during the Middle Ages. It was first popularized in France and later spread to other parts of Europe and beyond. The earliest recorded instances of the name Adrienne date back to the 12th century, though it gained wider usage in the 16th and 17th centuries.
In religious texts, the name Adrienne is sometimes associated with St. Adrienne, a 4th-century martyr from Nicomedia, modern-day Turkey. Though little is known about her life, she is venerated in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches for her unwavering faith and sacrifice.
One of the earliest notable figures with the name Adrienne was Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692-1730), a celebrated French actress of the 18th century. She was renowned for her performances in tragic roles and is considered a pioneer in the art of naturalistic acting.
Another prominent Adrienne was Adrienne Clarkson (born 1939), a former Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005. She was the first person of Asian descent to hold this position and was an advocate for multiculturalism and human rights.
In the realm of literature, Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was an influential American poet, essayist, and feminist. Her works explored themes of identity, sexuality, and societal norms, earning her numerous accolades, including the National Book Award and the Yale Younger Poets Award.
Adrienne Barbeau (born 1945) is an American actress and author, best known for her roles in horror and science fiction films, such as The Fog and Swamp Thing. She has had a successful career spanning over five decades in both film and television.
Adrienne Monique Coleman (born 1982) is an American actress and singer, best recognized for her role as Olivia Kendall in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off The Suite Life on Deck.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Adrienne
People
Adrienne + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adrienne 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
Adrienne: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adrienne?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 56,132 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adrienne 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 6,106 US residents.
Is Adrienne a common name?
We classify Adrienne as "Uncommon". It ranks above 99.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 68,634 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adrienne most popular?
The single biggest year for Adrienne was 1983, when 2,090 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adrienne is about 45 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adrienne in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 56,600 people with the name Adrienne, or 18.74 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #829 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 Adrienne 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 Adrienne?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adrienne appears almost entirely female. Of the 56,597 people counted with this name, 99.4% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Adrienne?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adrienne is White at 61.9%. The next largest groups are Black (22.7%) and Hispanic (7.8%). 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 Adrienne most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Adrienne in the 2020 Census, accounting for 61.9% (35,009 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 Adrienne in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adrienne a female name?
Yes, 99.4% of people registered as Adrienne 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 Adrienne still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adrienne 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 Adrienne 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 are called Adrienne?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.