boys' name ★ peaked 2025

Adriel

Meaning flock of God Gender Boy · 3% girls Rank 2025 #84 Trend ↑ Rising 68%

Borrowed from Hebrew עדריאל (“flock of God”).

Rank 2025
#84
among boys · ↑25 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,935
named Adriel · +20% vs 2024
How common
1 in 436
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2025
3,935 babies
All-time total
34,751
#632 all-time among boys
First recorded
1952
in Social Security records

Adriel popularity over time

34,751 babies have been named Adriel since 1952, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – 51 51 5 – #2,450
1960s – 39 39 4 -24% #2,761
1970s 24 200 224 22 +474% #1,464
1980s 139 481 620 62 +177% #1,283
1990s 121 858 979 98 +58% #1,135
2000s 192 2,765 2,957 296 +202% #511
2010s 497 11,101 11,598 1,160 +292% #185
2020s (to 2025) 133 18,150 18,283 3,047 +163% #84

Where Adriel is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 4,318 2.53 #77
2027 4,688 2.74 #70
2028 5,027 2.94 #63
2029 5,334 3.12 #57
2030 5,609 3.28 #52

Where Adriel is most popular

Boys named Adriel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.80 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Adriel born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 198 6.01 +234%
Arizona 841 5.14 +186%
Nevada 259 4.54 +153%
California 3,669 4.01 +123%
Texas 3,437 3.90 +117%
Rhode Island 63 3.86 +115%
Colorado 400 3.10 +72%
Oregon 190 2.50 +39%
Washington 404 2.47 +37%
Oklahoma 205 2.32 +29%
Kansas 149 2.17 +21%
Illinois 547 2.14 +19%
Nebraska 88 2.02 +12%
Idaho 82 2.00 +11%
Delaware 30 1.98 +10%
Utah 174 1.82 ≈ national
New Jersey 325 1.61 -10%
Arkansas 97 1.53 -15%
Massachusetts 207 1.51 -16%
Maryland 178 1.49 -17%
North Carolina 375 1.47 -18%
Iowa 98 1.42 -21%
Florida 653 1.38 -23%
Georgia 333 1.31 -27%
New York 562 1.30 -28%
Connecticut 83 1.23 -32%
Alabama 127 1.16 -35%
Wisconsin 133 1.12 -38%
Minnesota 133 1.08 -40%
Virginia 199 1.05 -42%
Indiana 168 1.05 -42%
Tennessee 185 1.02 -43%
Pennsylvania 255 0.960 -47%
South Carolina 96 0.929 -48%
North Dakota 12 0.703 -61%
Louisiana 67 0.655 -64%
Michigan 131 0.640 -64%
Missouri 73 0.527 -71%
Ohio 136 0.513 -71%
Kentucky 46 0.458 -75%
District of Columbia 5 0.339 -81%
Mississippi 19 0.334 -81%
South Dakota 5 0.269 -85%
New Hampshire 5 0.225 -87%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Adriel

Adriel is a top-100 name for boys in the United States, ranked #84 in 2025 with 3,921 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1952, 34,751 American babies have been named Adriel. Its peak came in 2025, when 3,935 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Adriel stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Adriel?

The median living Adriel is about 5 years old; half are between 2 and 10. An estimated 34 thousand people named Adriel are alive in the United States today.

median 5 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Adriel year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 14 #7,493 3,921 #84
2024 24 #5,304 3,253 #109
2023 21 #5,757 3,195 #113
2022 31 #4,472 2,693 #139
2021 20 #5,959 2,477 #154
2020 23 #5,318 2,611 #140
2019 50 #3,174 2,127 #185
2018 79 #2,303 1,648 #232
2017 95 #2,054 1,469 #253
2016 37 #3,996 1,595 #241
2015 47 #3,391 1,290 #287
2014 50 #3,227 694 #438
2013 53 #3,077 585 #474
2012 39 #3,916 600 #453
2011 22 #5,941 593 #454
2010 25 #5,418 500 #516
2009 23 #5,895 525 #511
2008 20 #6,561 431 #586
2007 22 #6,104 376 #645
2006 22 #5,910 308 #710
2005 14 #7,900 243 #795
2004 21 #5,747 223 #805
2003 23 #5,239 212 #826
2002 21 #5,446 176 #913
2001 18 #6,070 137 #1,054
2000 8 #10,759 134 #1,066
1995 12 #7,046 80 #1,312
1990 10 #7,885 90 #1,135
1985 14 #5,080 42 #1,545
1980 12 #5,546 33 #1,726
1975 – – 21 #2,134
1970 – – 8 #3,523
1965 – – – –
1960 – – 5 #4,043
1955 – – 5 #3,889
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Adriel, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Adriel?

The median living Adriel is about 5 years old. Half of all living Adriels are between 2 and 10 years old.

How many people named Adriel are alive today?

An estimated 34 thousand people named Adriel are alive in the United States, based on 34,751 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Adriel mean?

Borrowed from Hebrew עדריאל (“flock of God”).

How popular is the name Adriel in 2025?

Adriel ranked #84 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 3,921 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Adriel?

34,751 babies have been named Adriel in the United States since 1952, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Adriel most popular?

Adriel peaked in 2025, when 3,935 newborns received the name.

Is Adriel a boy or girl name?

Adriel is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 97% of babies with the name.

Is the name Adriel rising or falling?

Adriel is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Adriel become more popular?

Adriel is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 5,609 boys named Adriel in 2030, which would rank around #52. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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