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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #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.

Where Addie is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1888

girls
#91
455 births · 1 in 393 girls
boys
#1,031
5 births · 1 in 24,170 boys

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #91Addie455

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #1,031Addie5
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 393 of them was named Addie, which outranked 93.8% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addie
  1. #88Charlotte464
  2. #89Caroline458
  3. #90Emily457
  4. #91Addie455
  5. #92Jane446
  6. #92Kathryn446
  7. #94Ruby445
Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 24,170 of them was named Addie, which outranked 12.4% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addie
  1. #917York6
  2. #917Young6
  3. #917Zeke6
  4. #1,031Addie5
  5. #1,031Ad5
  6. #1,031Ada5
  7. #1,031Adelard5

Tied with 146 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →