Addison

#84 for girls in 2025, 2,971 births · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to girls 91.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2007 · 11,949 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
148,893
since 1980

Addison over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #11, 2007peak #381, 1883girlsboys
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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#842,971#2,25862
2024#683,335#1,93881
2023#623,536#2,06472
2022#543,968#2,16867
2021#454,490#2,02673
2020#474,497#1,68593
2019#474,495#1,88679
2018#355,232#1,431122
2017#345,639#1,207152
2016#296,341#1,221153
2015#246,735#1,198154
2014#247,010#1,321132
2013#197,740#1,277136
2012#148,183#1,102169
2011#139,312#1,006193
2010#1110,334#1,015192
2009#1210,669#867242
2008#1210,767#824266
2007#1111,949#692341
2006#287,622#562445
2005#1063,023#581393
2004#1602,055#542430
2003#1911,704#539428
2002#2201,455#550401
2001#2711,162#524424
2000#322983#515436
1999#369795#510418
1998#403679#549362
1997#476530#547360
1996#546428#543350
1995#674315#543350
1994#798254#555342
1993#1,063171#584311
1992#1,381119#633263
1991#1,492105#652243
1990#1,92372#645247
1989#1,85171#645240
1988#2,64640#588249
1987#2,36044#545281
1986#2,90332#514295
1985#5,67812#1,22860
1984#9,1446#1,60637
1983#1,63136
1982#8,2247#1,70034
1981#2,08625
1980#9,0956#1,65535
1979#1,53238
1978#1,96525
1977#2,66516
1976#1,67731
1975#1,75328
1974#1,98322
1973#1,92822
1972#1,64828
1971#1,37838
1970#1,43534
1969#1,57027
1968#2,03016
1967#1,85318
1966#1,51026
1965#1,45628
1964#1,79320
1963#1,42630
1962#1,58825
1961#1,43931
1960#1,40032
1959#1,43930
1958#1,72421
1957#1,36433
1956#1,41830
1955#1,25536
1954#1,16941
1953#1,35731
1952#1,34731
1951#1,15039
1950#1,07443
1949#1,22734
1948#1,46025
1947#1,25234
1946#1,17635
1945#1,29626
1944#1,17332
1943#1,00644
1942#1,07440
1941#1,10835
1940#1,15633
1939#1,05237
1938#1,12533
1937#1,05637
1936#1,09535
1935#1,12334
1934#98242
1933#99541
1932#1,02542
1931#88752
1930#87357
1929#96049
1928#91354
1927#82565
1926#87259
1925#1,04044
1924#91658
1923#84664
1922#76674
1921#75078
1920#89659
1919#81964
1918#73376
1917#71373
1916#70871
1915#75962
1914#65859
1913#83533
1912#75533
1911#70720
1910#92812
1909#80413
1908#63217
1907#81511
1906#1,0047
1905#59216
1904#8109
1903#57615
1902#58314
1901#7279
1900#78511
1899#58312
1898#48518
1897#7878
1896#55114
1895#45619
1894#41920
1893#7059
1892#59712
1891#59710
1890#51114
1889#58111
1888#41620
1887#51612
1886#45116
1885#43917
1884#45017
1883#38120
1882#38921
1881#41617
1880#39219
First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Addison! It came in at #9,095, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Addison
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#68#84)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#47#84)
  • 60 spots since 2015 (#24#84)
  • Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1994 (#1,063#798)
  • Biggest drop: 16 spots in 2025 (#68#84)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 2007 at #11 (11,949 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161
  • Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 2007 were named Addison (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 541 girls born in 2025 (0.18%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 47.7% of all girls named Addison (71,021) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
  • Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s218#1,851 (1989)#5,238
1990s3,468#369 (1999)#913
2000s51,389#11 (2007)#133
2010s71,021#11 (2010)#25
2020s22,797#45 (2021)#60

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.

Addison in 1991

girls
#1,492
105 births · 1 in 17,857 girls
boys
#652
243 births · 1 in 8,314 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,492Addison105

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #652Addison243
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 17,857 of them was named Addison, which outranked 90.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #1,485Evelin106
  2. #1,485Justin106
  3. #1,485Kirsti106
  4. #1,492Addison105
  5. #1,492Adela105
  6. #1,492Aleah105
  7. #1,492Jacinda105
  8. #1,502Kassi104
  9. #1,502Kay104
  10. #1,502Samira104

Tied with 9 names at #1,492; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 8,314 of them was named Addison, which outranked 93.2% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #649Jonah246
  2. #650Chadwick244
  3. #650Trevon244
  4. #652Addison243
  5. #652Hakeem243
  6. #652Vance243
  7. #655Sammy242
  8. #656Uriel239
  9. #657Grayson238

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991