Fun Facts About the Name Adrean
- More than 1 thousand babies named Adrean: U.S. records list 1,216 babies given the name Adrean from 1880 through 2025. Even 410 girls received the name Adrean - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Adrean Mean?
Adrean is a spelling variant of Adrian, the English form of the Latin name Hadrianus. That Latin name was a family name (cognomen) meaning "of Hadria," taken from the town of Hadria in the Picenum region of Italy (modern Atri) or possibly from Adria, the town near the Po delta that gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. The literal sense is therefore "from Hadria."
The further origin of the place name Hadria is not settled; an Etruscan source has been suggested, but no derivation is firmly established. Adrean has no meaning of its own apart from this inherited one - it is a respelled form of Adrian, and is sometimes linked to the French form Adrien.
Adrean Name History & Origins
The name goes back to Roman usage. Hadrianus was the family name of the emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus, who ruled from 117 to 138. Latin also shows the form Adrianus, with the initial H dropped, and it was largely that form which passed into the languages of Europe.
Christian veneration helped the name spread. Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, a Roman soldier said to have been martyred in the early fourth century, was widely honored, and the name was carried through medieval Europe in his memory. It entered English use in the Middle Ages and was kept alive by later bearers, including the only English pope, Nicholas Breakspear, who took the name Adrian IV in 1154.
Adrean is a later respelling of Adrian that appears in modern use, especially in the United States. Its development is purely orthographic: it reflects the same pronunciation and the same root rather than a separate origin. The feminine form Adrienne comes from the same source.
How Popular is the Name Adrean?
Adrean 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 2009. Its best rank was #2,598 in 1985.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | #16,928 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #15,281 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #13,961 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #16,513 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #12,434 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #15,477 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #15,391 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #10,850 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #9,591 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #9,570 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #11,793 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #11,796 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #6,655 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #7,991 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #6,533 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #6,670 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #9,837 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #6,614 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #4,862 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #5,539 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #5,573 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #3,854 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #4,421 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #4,245 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #4,426 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1976 | #6,050 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,855 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #8,787 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #7,441 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #8,298 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #5,544 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #6,622 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #6,044 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #5,276 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #3,953 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #5,958 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #5,755 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #5,300 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,743 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #10,929 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,274 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #10,896 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #6,622 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,106 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #6,039 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #5,797 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #10,784 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #4,717 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #5,253 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #5,666 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #4,392 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #3,998 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #3,812 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #3,162 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #3,285 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #3,380 | 32 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #3,084 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #4,467 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #3,862 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #3,444 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #3,452 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #3,229 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2000 | #3,151 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #2,795 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #3,486 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #3,602 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #4,886 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #4,512 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #3,752 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #6,824 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #4,328 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #3,611 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #3,451 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #4,790 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,968 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #4,461 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1984 | #3,926 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #4,505 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #3,029 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #5,535 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #4,158 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #4,169 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #5,596 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #4,310 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #4,062 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,236 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #4,405 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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