Adriana
- Pronunciation
- [A-dri-a-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Dark; From Adria
- Origin
- Romanian
About the Name Adriana
Adriana is the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian feminine form of Adrian, descending from the Latin Hadrianus meaning "from Hadria" — Hadria being an ancient Adriatic town in northern Italy. The Roman emperor Hadrian (76–138 CE, builder of Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain and the Pantheon in Rome) was one of the most-effective Roman emperors and the namesake of the Latinate Adrian/Adriana family.
The Latinate Adriana has been used continuously across Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian naming traditions for over a millennium. Notable bearers include Brazilian-American supermodel Adriana Lima (born 1981, the Victoria's Secret Angel and one of the most-recognized models of the 21st century), Romanian writer Adriana Săftoiu, and contemporary American actress Adriana Caselotti (the voice of Snow White in Disney's 1937 animated film).
Adriana has been continuously among the popular girls' names in Spanish-speaking American communities. The name climbed into the US top 100 girls' rank by 1995 and has held a top-100 range since. The name's appeal is its layered Latin-classical-Italian pedigree combined with four flowing syllables. The name reads as both classical-Roman and contemporary in Spanish-American naming. Common nicknames Adri (the dominant Spanish-American short form), Ana (back-end shortening), Adi, and the rare Driana each carry distinct registers; the alternate spelling Adrianna (with double N) has its own SSA tracking. International forms include Adrienne (French), Adriana (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Romanian, identical), and the masculine Adrian/Hadrian family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Adriana
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Adriana by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2006 with 3,095 girls named Adriana (girl rank #107 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #366 for girls (836 US births). That's 259 places below its 2006 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Adriana Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Adriana the strongest states are New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #114 | 618 |
| 2 | Delaware | #121 | 37 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | #134 | 41 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | #141 | 52 |
| 5 | Connecticut | #162 | 184 |
| 6 | New York | #164 | 978 |
| 7 | Maryland | #170 | 287 |
| 8 | Florida | #186 | 895 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #197 | 279 |
| 10 | New Mexico | #223 | 25 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Adriana in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Adriana to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Adriana against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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