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
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 11,949 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 148,893since 1980
Addison over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #84 | 2,971 | #2,258 | 62 |
| 2024 | #68 | 3,335 | #1,938 | 81 |
| 2023 | #62 | 3,536 | #2,064 | 72 |
| 2022 | #54 | 3,968 | #2,168 | 67 |
| 2021 | #45 | 4,490 | #2,026 | 73 |
| 2020 | #47 | 4,497 | #1,685 | 93 |
| 2019 | #47 | 4,495 | #1,886 | 79 |
| 2018 | #35 | 5,232 | #1,431 | 122 |
| 2017 | #34 | 5,639 | #1,207 | 152 |
| 2016 | #29 | 6,341 | #1,221 | 153 |
| 2015 | #24 | 6,735 | #1,198 | 154 |
| 2014 | #24 | 7,010 | #1,321 | 132 |
| 2013 | #19 | 7,740 | #1,277 | 136 |
| 2012 | #14 | 8,183 | #1,102 | 169 |
| 2011 | #13 | 9,312 | #1,006 | 193 |
| 2010 | #11 | 10,334 | #1,015 | 192 |
| 2009 | #12 | 10,669 | #867 | 242 |
| 2008 | #12 | 10,767 | #824 | 266 |
| 2007 | #11 | 11,949 | #692 | 341 |
| 2006 | #28 | 7,622 | #562 | 445 |
| 2005 | #106 | 3,023 | #581 | 393 |
| 2004 | #160 | 2,055 | #542 | 430 |
| 2003 | #191 | 1,704 | #539 | 428 |
| 2002 | #220 | 1,455 | #550 | 401 |
| 2001 | #271 | 1,162 | #524 | 424 |
| 2000 | #322 | 983 | #515 | 436 |
| 1999 | #369 | 795 | #510 | 418 |
| 1998 | #403 | 679 | #549 | 362 |
| 1997 | #476 | 530 | #547 | 360 |
| 1996 | #546 | 428 | #543 | 350 |
| 1995 | #674 | 315 | #543 | 350 |
| 1994 | #798 | 254 | #555 | 342 |
| 1993 | #1,063 | 171 | #584 | 311 |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | #633 | 263 |
| 1991 | #1,492 | 105 | #652 | 243 |
| 1990 | #1,923 | 72 | #645 | 247 |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 | #645 | 240 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 | #588 | 249 |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | #545 | 281 |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | #514 | 295 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #1,228 | 60 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,606 | 37 |
| 1983 | — | #1,631 | 36 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | — | #2,086 | 25 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,965 | 25 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,677 | 31 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,753 | 28 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,426 | 30 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,255 | 36 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,169 | 41 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,357 | 31 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,347 | 31 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,227 | 34 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,460 | 25 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,176 | 35 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,006 | 44 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,074 | 40 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,108 | 35 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,156 | 33 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,125 | 33 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,056 | 37 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,025 | 42 | |
| 1931 | — | #887 | 52 | |
| 1930 | — | #873 | 57 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #913 | 54 | |
| 1927 | — | #825 | 65 | |
| 1926 | — | #872 | 59 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,040 | 44 | |
| 1924 | — | #916 | 58 | |
| 1923 | — | #846 | 64 | |
| 1922 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1921 | — | #750 | 78 | |
| 1920 | — | #896 | 59 | |
| 1919 | — | #819 | 64 | |
| 1918 | — | #733 | 76 | |
| 1917 | — | #713 | 73 | |
| 1916 | — | #708 | 71 | |
| 1915 | — | #759 | 62 | |
| 1914 | — | #658 | 59 | |
| 1913 | — | #835 | 33 | |
| 1912 | — | #755 | 33 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #419 | 20 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #416 | 20 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,757 · 1 in 21,698
Best ever in a state: #1 in Nebraska, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,757 | 5 | 1 in 21,698 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Addison
- 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)
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2007 at #11 (11,949 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 2007 were named Addison (0.62%)
- Latest: 1 in 541 girls born in 2025 (0.18%)
- 47.7% of all girls named Addison (71,021) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 218 | #1,851 (1989) | #5,238 |
| 1990s | 3,468 | #369 (1999) | #913 |
| 2000s | 51,389 | #11 (2007) | #133 |
| 2010s | 71,021 | #11 (2010) | #25 |
| 2020s | 22,797 | #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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 53,611 of them was named Addison, which outranked 77.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,845Tanja33
- #2,845Tessie33
- #2,845Valene33
- #2,903Addison32
- #2,903Aerial32
- #2,903Allen32
- #2,903Allisha32
- #2,973Adelaide31
- #2,973Alethea31
- #2,973Alica31
Tied with 69 names at #2,903; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 6,242 of them was named Addison, which outranked 93.4% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).