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
#11
2007 · 11,949 births
Debut · girls
1980
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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.

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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 2020

girls
#47
4,497 births · 1 in 359 girls
boys
#1,685
93 births · 1 in 18,560 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #47Addison4,497

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,685Addison93
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 359 of them was named Addison, which outranked 99.7% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #44Isla4,579
  2. #45Leah4,530
  3. #46Lillian4,515
  4. #47Addison4,497
  5. #48Willow4,401
  6. #49Paisley4,380
  7. #50Lucy4,369
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 18,560 of them was named Addison, which outranked 88.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #1,679Josh94
  2. #1,679Kurt94
  3. #1,679Myron94
  4. #1,685Addison93
  5. #1,685Aaryan93
  6. #1,685Aditya93
  7. #1,685Bailey93
  8. #1,694Alton92
  9. #1,694Ames92
  10. #1,694Elam92

Tied with 8 names at #1,685; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →