Addie

#1,272 for girls in 2025, 176 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 406 births
Debut · girls
274 births
In top 100 · girls
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,361
since 1880

Addie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #76, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,272176
2024#1,314175
2023#1,195201
2022#1,206200
2021#1,347164
2020#1,318167
2019#1,218192
2018#1,250185
2017#1,257188
2016#1,313182
2015#1,112232
2014#1,179208
2013#1,210198
2012#1,071233
2011#1,045236
2010#1,178207
2009#1,091233
2008#1,151223
2007#1,105234
2006#1,143214
2005#976251
2004#1,195187
2003#1,180182
2002#1,156178
2001#1,111190
2000#1,240159
1999#1,293142
1998#1,183157
1997#1,281137
1996#1,343126#9,0155
1995#1,229139
1994#1,312129
1993#1,409115
1992#1,73086
1991#1,56498
1990#1,424111
1989#1,370111
1988#1,285113
1987#1,349101
1986#1,282105
1985#1,57576
1984#1,53574
1983#1,64467
1982#1,43684
1981#1,44584
1980#1,268102
1979#1,261101
1978#1,28195
1977#1,141111
1976#1,16099
1975#1,21195
1974#1,28483
1973#1,58958
1972#1,67453
1971#2,06440
1970#1,73652
1969#1,66752
1968#1,72846
1967#1,64048
1966#1,41660
1965#1,24075
1964#1,21183
1963#1,11995
1962#1,043107
1961#1,070104
1960#954125
1959#818157#3,6196
1958#844146#3,0338
1957#760172#2,8229
1956#720179
1955#733168
1954#677189#2,9428
1953#617207#3,7985
1952#616202#3,7345
1951#537243
1950#525245#3,6815
1949#480282#3,0197
1948#482277#3,6685
1947#488283#2,8628
1946#481267
1945#428278#2,3939
1944#426283#3,1096
1943#433288
1942#400321#3,5605
1941#363339#2,6568
1940#345349#1,98313
1939#356333#2,28810
1938#314388#2,4799
1937#299424#1,99213
1936#337341#2,6298
1935#313396#3,6455
1934#306422#2,39310
1933#299414#1,90514
1932#298446#3,0927
1931#293458#2,6519
1930#295510#2,44411
1929#265583#2,7669
1928#265591#2,38712
1927#246703#1,51625
1926#258654#1,66121
1925#239760#2,08915
1924#239763#2,34713
1923#237756#1,64422
1922#223856#1,76520
1921#224836#1,82919
1920#211904#1,88518
1919#214846#2,15214
1918#214881#1,71020
1917#211836#1,64320
1916#211823#1,84916
1915#205808#1,60019
1914#188708#1,60815
1913#187605#1,58012
1912#171578#1,09518
1911#161497#1,11710
1910#157495#1,1938
1909#155453#1,4405
1908#153445#1,0218
1907#139471#86610
1906#137447#9278
1905#134465
1904#134432
1903#126441#8468
1902#122469
1901#128399#8587
1900#119541#83610
1899#118412#7149
1898#111481#8857
1897#110461
1896#106485#59213
1895#107471#8727
1894#102481#7878
1893#106416#1,0355
1892#96493
1891#92467#7008
1890#92468#8846
1889#90448#62810
1888#91455#1,0315
1887#86393#8196
1886#83417#6948
1885#76406
1884#85356#7018
1883#77362#7207
1882#77341#8376
1881#81287#7067
1880#83274#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Addie was already there! It came in at #83, and was given to 274 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1973, when fewer than 61 girls a year got the name.

See more about Addie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#1,314#1,272)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#1,318#1,272)
  • 160 spots since 2015 (#1,112#1,272)
  • Biggest jump: 219 spots in 2005 (#1,195#976)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 2006 (#976#1,143)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #76 (406 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1880–1892
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 310
  • Highest: 1 in 310 girls born in 1883 were named Addie (0.32%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,132 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #76 in 1885, was only 1 in 328 (0.31%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.3% of all girls named Addie (7,406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,739#76 (1885)#83
1890s4,635#92 (1890)#104
1900s4,563#119 (1900)#135
1910s7,077#157 (1910)#192
1920s7,406#211 (1920)#241
1930s4,132#293 (1931)#311
1940s2,967#345 (1940)#433
1950s1,908#525 (1950)#685
1960s795#954 (1960)#1,309
1970s787#1,141 (1977)#1,440
1980s917#1,268 (1980)#1,419
1990s1,240#1,183 (1998)#1,377
2000s2,051#976 (2005)#1,135
2010s2,061#1,045 (2011)#1,183
2020s1,083#1,195 (2023)#1,275

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Addie in 1926

girls
#258
654 births · 1 in 1,813 girls
boys
#1,661
21 births · 1 in 52,881 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #258Addie654

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #1,661Addie21
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,813 of them was named Addie, which outranked 95.4% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addie
  1. #255Natalie669
  2. #256Janie664
  3. #257Etta655
  4. #258Addie654
  5. #259Francis652
  6. #260Judith651
  7. #261Dorthy649
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 52,881 of them was named Addie, which outranked 65.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addie
  1. #1,605Winslow22
  2. #1,605Zachary22
  3. #1,605Zeno22
  4. #1,661Addie21
  5. #1,661Adron21
  6. #1,661Ardis21
  7. #1,661Arlan21
  8. #1,720Adrain20
  9. #1,720Alpha20
  10. #1,720Alvino20

Tied with 58 names at #1,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926