girls:
1.4k births since 1943
#4330 (24th percentile)
boys:
9.4k births since 1881
#1214 (74th percentile)
overall:
10.8k births since 1881
#2537 (67th percentile)
The name Adrien is the #2,537 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,825 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 67.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,214 (73.5% percentile) for all time with 9,427 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #4,330 (24.2% percentile) for all time with 1,398 births since 1943.
Adrien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Adrien is available in 118 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (117 years for boys and 74 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adrien has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 97.0% of babies named Adrien were boys.
For boys, Adrien reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 35.6% percentile (ranked #581) with 163 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 166 births per million (ranked 34.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Adrien ranks #720 for boys (21.0% percentile) with 107 births per million, which is 64.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Adrien reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #742) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Despite a low point in 2008, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Adrien ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adrien".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Adrien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.9% confident that Adrien is pronounced as AY-dree-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-dree-uhn, at 27.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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