Adryan
A unisex name derived from the Roman name "Hadrianus", meaning "from Hadria".
Name Census estimates that about 1,557 living Americans carry the first name Adryan. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 88.0% of registrations being male. The average person named Adryan today is around 16 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adryan births was 2020 (80 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adryan. 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
- • Adryan is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 16 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.6K
~ 1 in 220,138 Americans
Peak year
2020
80 babies that year
Average age
16
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,385
Tracked since 1980
Census
Adryan in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,165 people with the first name Adryan, which placed it at #11,148 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
#11,148
National first-name rank
People counted
1.2K
1,165 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
47.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adryan
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adryan is Hispanic at 47.1%. The next largest groups are White (28.0%) and Black (16.2%). 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 Adryan 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 Adryan at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino47.1% · 549
- White28.0% · 326
- Black or African American16.2% · 189
- Two or more races5.6% · 65
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.2% · 26
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.9% · 10
Gender
Gender distribution for Adryan
Adryan leans heavily male at 88.0% of total registrations, but 189 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Adryan as a male name
- Ranked #3,385 in 2024
- 34 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2020 (73 births)
Adryan as a female name
- Ranked #15,341 in 2022
- 5 female births in 2022
- Peak: 2007 (15 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adryan leans strongly male. 965 people counted with this name were male (82.7%), compared with 202 female bearers (17.3%).
Popularity
Adryan: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adryan from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 576 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Adryan remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adryan 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 Adryan during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adryans live
The SSA's state-level files cover 9 states and territories. California, Texas, Florida recorded the most babies named Adryan, while Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 44 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Adryan
The name Adryan has its roots in the Latin language and culture, originating in ancient Rome. It is derived from the Latin word "adrianus," which means "from the Adriatic Sea." This name was initially associated with people who lived or came from the coastal regions along the Adriatic Sea, which separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans.
The earliest recorded usage of the name Adryan can be traced back to the 1st century AD when it was borne by several notable figures in Roman history. One of the most famous bearers of this name was the Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 138 AD. He was known for his extensive building projects, including the construction of Hadrian's Wall in Britain and the rebuilding of the Pantheon in Rome.
During the Middle Ages, the name Adryan gained popularity among the nobility and aristocracy, particularly in Italy and other parts of Europe influenced by Roman culture. It was often used as a variant of the name Adrian or Adriano, and was sometimes associated with the classical ideals of learning, culture, and refinement.
In the Renaissance period, the name Adryan experienced a resurgence, particularly among scholars and artists who drew inspiration from classical antiquity. One notable bearer of this name was the Italian Renaissance painter and architect Adriano Fiorentino (c. 1453-1499), who was renowned for his frescoes and architectural designs in Florence.
Another prominent figure bearing the name Adryan was the Dutch humanist and scholar Adrianus Trajectensis (c. 1459-1523), also known as Adriaan van Utrecht. He served as the tutor of the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and later became Pope Adrian VI, reigning from 1522 to 1523.
In more recent history, the name Adryan has been borne by several notable individuals, including Adryan Goncalves Tomas (born 1993), a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Atlético Paranaense, and Adryan Lagrutta (born 1988), a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adryan.
While the name Adryan has its origins in Latin and Roman culture, it has been adopted and adapted by various cultures and languages over time, reflecting the enduring influence of classical antiquity on Western civilization.
People
Adryan + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adryan 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
Adryan: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adryan?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,557 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adryan 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 220,138 US residents.
Is Adryan a common name?
We classify Adryan as "Rare". It ranks above 92.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,576 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adryan most popular?
The single biggest year for Adryan was 2020, when 80 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adryan is about 16 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adryan in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,165 people with the name Adryan, or 0.39 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,148 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 Adryan 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 Adryan?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adryan leans strongly male. 965 people counted with this name were male (82.7%), compared with 202 female bearers (17.3%). 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 Adryan?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adryan is Hispanic at 47.1%. The next largest groups are White (28.0%) and Black (16.2%). 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 Adryan most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Adryan in the 2020 Census, accounting for 47.1% (549 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 Adryan in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adryan a male name?
Yes, 88.0% of people registered as Adryan in the SSA data are male. 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 Adryan still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adryan 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 Adryan 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 Adryan?
You can see how many Americans are named Adryan on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.