Adriel
Masculine · Hebrew roots · “Flock of God”
Adriel is given to both — 33,645 boys and 1,106 girls since 1880. See Adriel as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Adriel comes out of the Hebrew Bible, where it belongs to a single figure named in the books of Samuel — a name that sat quietly in scripture for centuries before English-speaking families began giving it to sons. It ends in the same -el syllable as Gabriel, Daniel and Israel, the element that means God, and it carries the rhythm of that whole family: three light syllables that land softly at the close.
How old is the name Adriel?
Adriel first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Adriel is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 33,500 people named Adriel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adriel most popular?
Adriel peaked in 2025, reaching #84 nationally. Today it ranks #84, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From Adri'el (Hebrew) to Adriel
The story of Adriel
Adriel is Hebrew, and its first appearance is in the books of Samuel, where Adriel the Meholathite marries Merab, a daughter of King Saul. He is a minor figure and the name did not travel widely in Christian Europe the way Daniel and Gabriel did, so for most of its life it stayed a scriptural word rather than a common given name. Its arrival on American birth records is comparatively recent, and it has spread most strongly in states with large Spanish-speaking populations, alongside the other -el names that Latino families have long favored: Gabriel, Israel, Emanuel, Ariel.
Meaning
Flock of God
The Hebrew joins 'eder, a flock or herd, to El, God. It is often mixed up with Azriel, which is a separate name meaning 'God is my help' — worth knowing if someone tells you Adriel means that.
How the name formed
- Adri'elHebrew
- AdrielLatin and Greek biblical texts
- AdrielEnglish and Spanish
Related forms: Adriel · Adriel · עַדְרִיאֵל · Adriel
Pronouncing Adriel
AY-dree-el
English speakers usually stress the first syllable. In Spanish it is ah-dree-EL, with the weight on the last, and bilingual families often use both without trouble.
Nicknames for Adriel
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1952
- Most boys named
- 20253,921 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #84reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +20.5%3,921 in 2025, from 3,253
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Adriel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adriel in Spanish — same name
- Adriel in Portuguese — same name
- עַדְרִיאֵל in Hebrew — transliteration
- Adriel in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Adriels among us
people named Adriel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 436 born in 2025 was named Adriel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Spencer test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adriel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Spencer climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Spencer's path sketches the road Adriel is walking now.
Adriel is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Adriel is headed
Adriel looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Adriel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adriel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sits inside a well-known naming family — Gabriel, Daniel, Israel — so the spelling looks familiar to people who have never met an Adriel.
- Documented in the Hebrew Bible, giving it a written record far older than its time on birth registers.
- Works in English, Spanish and Portuguese with the same spelling; only the stress moves.
- Has an established short form, Adri, rather than one that has to be invented.
- It gets heard as Adrian, and sometimes as Ariel. Expect a certain amount of gentle correcting, especially over the phone.
- The name is climbing quickly, so a child born now will likely meet more Adriels among his own age group than the current picture suggests.
- The biblical Adriel's story is brief and unhappy — his sons are killed in 2 Samuel. Few people know this, but it is there if anyone looks.
- English and Spanish stress the name differently, which is easy to live with but worth deciding on early if both languages are spoken at home.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adriels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 33,500 people named Adriel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adriel in 2025?
- Adriel ranks #84 among US boy names in 2025, with 3,921 babies given the name.
- How common is the name Adriel?
- About 1 in every 436 US boys born in 2025 was named Adriel — 3,921 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adriel with classmates?
- Adriel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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