girl's name
Adrianna
ay-dree-AN-uh
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 52,238
the United States
#873
2025 births
Adrianna means from Hadria, and the sea took its name from the town rather than the other way round — the Adriatic is called after a small Italian settlement that is now several miles inland.
- Adrianna is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 2007, when 2,078 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 10,764 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1910.
Adrianna over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 62 |
| 1920s | 81 |
| 1930s | 75 |
| 1940s | 86 |
| 1950s | 93 |
| 1960s | 342 |
| 1970s | 986 |
| 1980s | 3,315 |
| 1990s | 11,566 |
| 2000s | 17,195 |
| 2010s | 12,028 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,478 |
What Adrianna means
Adrianna means a woman of Hadria. It is a regional byname recording where a family came from, so it says nothing about the person carrying it.
Where Adrianna comes from
Adrianna elaborates Adriana, the feminine of the Roman Hadrianus — of Hadria, a town in what is now the Veneto. The Adriatic Sea takes its name from that town, which silting has since left inland. The emperor Hadrian, who built the wall across northern Britain, came from a family that had held land there. The doubled n is a modern American spelling and our records for it are concentrated after 1980.
Adrianna in use
Adrianna peaked in the United States in 2007, when 2,078 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 873rd in the United States on 308 births, 1020th in Ireland on 3, 1208th in France on 30 and 2925th in England and Wales on 9, across 52,238 lifetime births in five of the seven markets we track. France set its own peak in the most recent year we hold.
How popular is Adrianna?
In 2025, Adrianna was given to 308 babies in the United States, ranking #873 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Adrianna 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 Adrianna
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Adrianna also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adrianna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Adrianna
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.
Adrianna 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 Adrianna
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adrianna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Adrianna
What does the name Adrianna mean?
From Hadria, a town in what is now the Veneto.
Is the Adriatic named after it?
Yes. The sea takes the town's name, and silting has since left the town inland.
Is Emperor Hadrian connected?
His family had held land there, and he carried the same regional name.
How popular is Adrianna?
873rd in the United States, down from a 2007 peak of 2,078 births.
Is Adrianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Adrianna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
What are the nicknames for Adrianna?
Adrianna is usually shortened to Adri.
Is Adrianna a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adrianna currently ranks #873 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.