Girls' name · peaked in 1983
Adrienne name popularity since 1925
67,172 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Adrienne (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Adrienne is about 47 years old in 2026. Adrienne peaked in 1983 as the #140 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 67,172
- Named Adrienne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,673 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 66,772 girls · 400 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 2.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Adrienne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Adrienne births per year, 1925–2025
1983 was the biggest year for Adrienne both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1930 and 1935, Adrienne became 3.6× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 6,910 to 1 in 13,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Adrienne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Adrienne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Adrienne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 652 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 2,916 | 0 | #317 |
| 1940s | 3,992 | 0 | #373 |
| 1950s | 6,295 | 0 | #328 |
| 1960s | 7,996 | 25 | #348 |
| 1970s | 12,794 | 57 | #186 |
| 1980s | 15,666 | 140 | #180 |
| 1990s | 7,837 | 66 | #405 |
| 2000s | 4,118 | 69 | #730 |
| 2010s | 3,414 | 26 | #849 |
| 2020–25 | 1,092 | 17 | #1,673 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.3% of babies named Adrienne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Adrienne is most popular
The index compares Adrienne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Adrienne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 2.59× | 756 |
| New York | 1.63× | 7,822 |
| New Jersey | 1.49× | 2,599 |
| Louisiana | 1.42× | 1,615 |
| Illinois | 1.30× | 4,005 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Adrienne and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Adrienne (this page) | 66,772 | 1983 |
| Adrianne | 13,302 | 1979 |
| Adriene | 2,372 | 1967 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Adrienne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Adrienne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Adrienne (1983).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data