Andrian
Masculine
Andrian is given to both — 599 boys and 96 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Andrian sits between Adrian and Andrew, and in Russia it is a name of its own. It belongs to a Soviet cosmonaut who married the first woman in space in the first wedding between two space travelers.
How old is the name Andrian?
Andrian first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Andrian alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 600 people named Andrian are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andrian most popular?
Andrian peaked in 1978, reaching #2205 nationally. See the whole 1978 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Andrian
Andrian Nikolayev flew Vostok 3, one half of the first paired flight of two crewed spacecraft, and in November 1963 he married Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, at a Moscow wedding attended by Khrushchev; their daughter was the first child born to two parents who had both been in orbit. Andrian shares its sound with Adrian and Andrew both. It is a name that sounds like a traveler.
Meaningnot established
Not established
In Russian Andrian is a form of Adrian; in American records Andrian may be Adrian or Andrew blended, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Andrian
AN-dree-un
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Andrian
Limited
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
- 1962
- Most boys named
- 197821 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2205reached in 1978
- Change vs 2021
- −14.3%6 in 2024, from 7
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.
Andrian in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Andrians among us
people named Andrian are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Andrian sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Adrian and Andrew, names everyone knows.
- Comes with Andy as a ready short form.
- Rare, so an Andrian is unlikely to meet another.
- People will hear Adrian or write Andrew.
- Most children with this spelling are boys, but a real minority are girls; either may be taken for the other.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Andrians are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Andrian are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Andrian in 2025?
- Andrian is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Andrian with classmates?
- Andrian will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with A, all years combined.
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