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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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.

Where Addison is popular in 1985

No state had 5 or more girls named Addison in 1985, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1985

girls
#5,678
12 births · 1 in 143,402 girls
boys
#1,228
60 births · 1 in 30,804 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #5,678Addison12

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #1,228Addison60
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 143,402 of them was named Addison, which outranked 54.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #5,348Yentl13
  2. #5,348Zelda13
  3. #5,348Zully13
  4. #5,678Addison12
  5. #5,678Aaisha12
  6. #5,678Aimie12
  7. #5,678Albert12
  8. #6,031Aaryn11
  9. #6,031Adella11
  10. #6,031Adi11

Tied with 352 names at #5,678; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 30,804 of them was named Addison, which outranked 83.8% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #1,214Paulo61
  2. #1,214Sedrick61
  3. #1,214Trinity61
  4. #1,228Addison60
  5. #1,228Abdul60
  6. #1,228Camron60
  7. #1,228Carroll60
  8. #1,242Benson59
  9. #1,242Bobbie59
  10. #1,242Chistopher59

Tied with 13 names at #1,228; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →