Meaning and history
Hadrian comes from the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, meaning “from Hadria” in Latin. Hadria was the name of two Roman settlements: the northern one, modern Adria, was an important Etruscan port town and gave its name to the Adriatic Sea, while the central Italian town of modern Atri was named after it. A notable bearer was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, the 2nd-century Roman emperor Hadrian, who built a wall across northern Britain and whose family came from Atri.
20062006: 25 births, rank #3,888
2007: 36 births, rank #3,135
2008: 31 births, rank #3,486
2009: 28 births, rank #3,721
2010: 33 births, rank #3,308
20112011: 35 births, rank #3,164
2012: 31 births, rank #3,450
2013: 34 births, rank #3,189
2014: 40 births, rank #2,885
2015: 29 births, rank #3,684
20162016: 33 births, rank #3,358
2017: 33 births, rank #3,378
2018: 34 births, rank #3,301
2019: 28 births, rank #3,794
2020: 24 births, rank #4,141
20212021: 33 births, rank #3,427
2022: 34 births, rank #3,412
2023: 28 births, rank #3,883
2024: 45 births, rank #2,835
20252025: 50 births, rank #2,604
In 2025, 50 babies were recorded with the name Hadrian, ranking #2,604 among boys.