Fun Facts About the Name Adarius
- More than 1 thousand babies named Adarius: U.S. records list 1,321 babies given the name Adarius from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adarius Mean?
Adarius is a given name in modern American use. It is most often explained as the name Darius with an added initial A-, a pattern also seen in American names such as Amari and Aniyah. Under that analysis, the core of the name is Darius, the Latin and Greek form of the Old Persian royal name Dārayavauš, built from dāraya- ('to hold, possess') and vauš ('good'). Darius is therefore usually translated 'possessor of good' or 'he who holds firm the good.' The added A- carries no separate meaning of its own. Because the composition of Adarius is a proposed explanation rather than a documented etymology, its meaning is best given as uncertain.
Adarius Name History & Origins
Adarius belongs to a group of American names that became common from the late twentieth century, formed by adding a syllable or an initial vowel to an existing name. The related name Darius has a far longer history: it is the Latin and Greek form of Old Persian Dārayavauš, borne by three Achaemenid kings of Persia in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. The best known, Darius I, ruled from 522 BCE and left the trilingual Behistun inscription, which was central to the modern decipherment of cuneiform; his building program included Persepolis and Susa. The name reached Europe through Greek historians and through the Bible, where the Persian king appears in Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, and Zechariah as Daryavesh.
The link between Adarius and Darius is the usual explanation of the name's structure, not a documented line of descent; the initial A- is characteristic of recent American coinages rather than of Persian or Greek naming.
How Popular is the Name Adarius?
Adarius has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #1,624 in 1999.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,402 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #5,880 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #8,930 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #8,307 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #8,171 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #5,455 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #4,808 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #5,773 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #4,592 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #4,099 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #4,713 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #3,617 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,465 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #3,364 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #3,074 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2009 | #2,991 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2008 | #2,584 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #1,995 | 70 | 0.0034% |
| 2006 | #2,513 | 48 | 0.0023% |
| 2005 | #3,241 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #2,842 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2002 | #2,603 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #2,050 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 2000 | #1,713 | 66 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #1,624 | 66 | 0.0034% |
| 1998 | #1,957 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1997 | #1,648 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 1996 | #1,765 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 1995 | #1,736 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 1994 | #2,012 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #2,163 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1992 | #2,214 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #2,227 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1990 | #2,214 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #3,325 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #2,961 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #2,943 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #3,885 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #5,154 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,557 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #5,628 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #4,965 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Adarius Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
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