Adrain
#12,039 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Adrain has been given to 4,820 babies in the U.S. since 1904. In 2025 it ranked #12,039 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1978, with 111 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.
Babies named Adrain, 2025
1 in 663,000
Adrain over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Adrain over time
In 2025, Adrain went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Adrain?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #12,039
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Adrain sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adrain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Adrains were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Adrain was born before 1978 — so the typical Adrain is around 47 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 21.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 13.1%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 3,548
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 21.1% of all recorded uses (896).
Is Adrain rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −4,774
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −7,765
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −6,290
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.33×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 4.5%
- Peak was 1978 (111)
- Years since peak
- 47
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.4% average annual change
Spellings of Adrain
Adrain is not the most common spelling — Adrian is, with 69.2% against Adrain's 1.1%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Adrain is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Adrain was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 77,399 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adrain has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Adrain is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Adrain was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,050,388 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adrain has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Adrain around the world
Where Adrain ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Ireland1965–1969#291in 1969
- South Australia1970–1983#443in 1983
Popularity data from Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Adrain by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Adrain
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Adrain
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Adrain, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Adrain
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.