Adrians

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Adrians: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Adrians: Recorded since 2008, it reached #520 in 2018, and it stood at #770 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#520highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2010	#2629
2011	#2194
2012	#1962
2013	#1247
2014	#1721
2015	#1673
2016	#3079
2017	#2734
2018	#3412
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2021	#4789

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 14 years from 2008 to 2021.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2682 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4432 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2023
Highest recorded position: #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2010–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Adrians appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 114 births with the name.

Adrians across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Adrians's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#4432 (2008)	#1247 (2013)	#4789 (2021)	13 of 14	114 (2008–2021)	20 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#542 (2010)	#520 (2018)	#770 (2023)	8 of 14	31 (2010–2023)	6 (2018)

Adrians by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Adrians in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	101	10 of 10	10
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Adrians appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #520 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Adrians's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2023, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #520, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Adrielle · #885, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Faustas · #518, 14y
Oluwatomiwa · #518, 16y
Rosella · #522, 19y
Tola · #518, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Rudra · #520, 20y
Yazan · #520, 24y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Faustas · #518, 14y

Adrians was ranked #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Adrians and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Adrians without appearing here.

Adrians moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Malin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #4608.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Adrians

Espen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.
Daithi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3990.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Adrians

Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Adrians went from #2629 to #4789 while Braxton went from #4678 to #1078.
Gunnar Compare
Between 2010 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Adrians went from #2629 to #4789 while Gunnar went from #4678 to #1860.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #520 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Adrians

Adrians at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adrians across 2 official records

Adrians by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Adrians appears in

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Adrians at a glance

Adrians across 2 official records

Adrians by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Adrians and the names beside it

Adrians moved ahead of

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