girl's name
Adriana
ay-dree-AH-nuh
- Origin Italian
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 4
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 105,975
the United States
#366
2025 births
Adriana means from Hadria, a small town in northern Italy that also named the Adriatic Sea — so both the name and the sea are called after a settlement most people have never heard of.
- Adriana is a name of Italian origin.
- Peaked in 2006, when 3,101 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,966 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1888.
- 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.
Adriana over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 |
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1910s | 103 |
| 1920s | 167 |
| 1930s | 167 |
| 1940s | 267 |
| 1950s | 654 |
| 1960s | 2,451 |
| 1970s | 6,235 |
| 1980s | 12,804 |
| 1990s | 22,469 |
| 2000s | 27,455 |
| 2010s | 18,198 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 5,810 |
What Adriana means
Adriana means from Hadria, a town in the Veneto. It is a locational byname rather than a description, so it says where a family came from and nothing about character.
Where Adriana comes from
Adriana is the feminine of Adrian, from the Latin Hadrianus, a man of Hadria — a town in northern Italy which gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. Hadria's own name is uncertain, possibly built on a word meaning dark. The emperor Hadrian built the wall across northern Britain and was the first Roman emperor to wear a full beard, which changed imperial portraiture for a century. Adrienne, written up separately, is the French feminine of the same name.
Adriana in use
Adriana peaked in the United States in 2006, when 3,101 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 366th in the United States on 836 births and 367th in France on 150 — one place apart — then 500th in Ireland on 7, 833rd in Scotland and 952nd in England and Wales on 37, across 105,975 lifetime births in six of the seven markets we track.
How popular is Adriana?
In 2025, Adriana was given to 836 babies in the United States, ranking #366 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Adriana is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Adriana
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Adriana also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adriana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Adriana
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Adriana in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Adriana
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adriana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Adriana
What does the name Adriana mean?
From Hadria — a town in northern Italy.
Is the Adriatic Sea related?
Yes, named after the same town, whose own name is of uncertain origin.
Is Adriana related to Adrienne?
Yes — the Italian and French feminines of the same Roman name.
How popular is Adriana?
366th in the United States and 367th in France — one place apart.
Is Adriana a girl's or a boy's name?
Adriana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Adriana?
Adriana has 4 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Adriana?
Adriana is usually shortened to Adri and Ana.
Is Adriana a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adriana currently ranks #366 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.