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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #28 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 137 girlsAKMaine: #29 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 131 girlsMEVermont: #23 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 92 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #21 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 115 girlsNHWashington: #46 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 274 girlsWAIdaho: #43 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 187 girlsIDMontana: #42 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 171 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #50 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 199 girlsNDMinnesota: #51 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 245 girlsMNIllinois: #31 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 241 girlsILWisconsin: #42 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 229 girlsWIMichigan: #44 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 258 girlsMINew York: #56 for girls · 244 births · 1 in 355 girlsNYMassachusetts: #69 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 315 girlsMARhode Island: #37 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 164 girlsRIOregon: #35 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 209 girlsORNevada: #58 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 287 girlsNVWyoming: #56 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 138 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #38 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 170 girlsSDIowa: #25 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 171 girlsIAIndiana: #19 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 174 girlsINOhio: #22 for girls · 246 births · 1 in 207 girlsOHPennsylvania: #27 for girls · 234 births · 1 in 215 girlsPANew Jersey: #66 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 349 girlsNJConnecticut: #39 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 196 girlsCTCalifornia: #98 for girls · 346 births · 1 in 548 girlsCAUtah: #64 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 293 girlsUTColorado: #37 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 234 girlsCONebraska: #42 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 208 girlsNEMissouri: #20 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 183 girlsMOKentucky: #14 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 140 girlsKYWest Virginia: #17 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 115 girlsWVVirginia: #41 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 257 girlsVAMaryland: #64 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 329 girlsMDDelaware: #32 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 146 girlsDEArizona: #56 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 319 girlsAZNew Mexico: #56 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 242 girlsNMKansas: #38 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 215 girlsKSArkansas: #25 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 193 girlsARTennessee: #17 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 183 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #23 for girls · 218 births · 1 in 206 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #34 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 221 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #221 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 608 girlsDCOklahoma: #28 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 214 girlsOKLouisiana: #40 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 261 girlsLAMississippi: #10 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 124 girlsMSAlabama: #21 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 189 girlsALGeorgia: #33 for girls · 183 births · 1 in 253 girlsGAHawaii: #31 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 170 girlsHITexas: #45 for girls · 473 births · 1 in 336 girlsTXFlorida: #50 for girls · 258 births · 1 in 330 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#10 · 1 in 124
  2. Kentucky#14 · 1 in 140
  3. West Virginia#17 · 1 in 115
  4. Tennessee#17 · 1 in 183
  5. Indiana#19 · 1 in 174

Best ever in a state: #1 in Nebraska, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#10871 in 124
Kentucky#141271 in 140
Tennessee#171701 in 183
West Virginia#17491 in 115
Indiana#191711 in 174
Missouri#201451 in 183
Alabama#21991 in 189
New Hampshire#21311 in 115
Ohio#222461 in 207
North Carolina#232181 in 206
Vermont#23121 in 92
Arkansas#25571 in 193
Iowa#25721 in 171
Pennsylvania#272341 in 215
Alaska#28151 in 137
Oklahoma#28731 in 214
Maine#29261 in 131
Hawaii#31171 in 170
Illinois#312221 in 241
Delaware#32171 in 146
Georgia#331831 in 253
South Carolina#34801 in 221
Oregon#35671 in 209
Colorado#37951 in 234
Rhode Island#37171 in 164
Kansas#38561 in 215
South Dakota#38181 in 170
Connecticut#39591 in 196
Louisiana#40751 in 261
Virginia#411401 in 257
Montana#42161 in 171
Nebraska#42361 in 208
Wisconsin#42971 in 229
Idaho#43321 in 187
Michigan#441561 in 258
Texas#454731 in 336
Washington#461111 in 274
Florida#502581 in 330
North Dakota#50151 in 199
Minnesota#51961 in 245
Arizona#56921 in 319
New Mexico#56241 in 242
New York#562441 in 355
Wyoming#5671 in 138
Nevada#58371 in 287
Maryland#64711 in 329
Utah#64571 in 293
New Jersey#661031 in 349
Massachusetts#69781 in 315
California#983461 in 548
District of Columbia#22151 in 608

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
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 2018

girls
#35
5,232 births · 1 in 325 girls
boys
#1,431
122 births · 1 in 14,887 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #35Addison5,232

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #1,431Addison122
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 325 of them was named Addison, which outranked 99.8% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Addison
  1. #32Eleanor5,728
  2. #33Hannah5,680
  3. #34Lillian5,567
  4. #35Addison5,232
  5. #36Ellie5,223
  6. #37Aubrey5,209
  7. #38Stella5,164
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 14,887 of them was named Addison, which outranked 89.9% of the 14,118 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. #1,418Loki123
  2. #1,418Nick123
  3. #1,418Sire123
  4. #1,431Addison122
  5. #1,431Anas122
  6. #1,431Barron122
  7. #1,431Broderick122
  8. #1,443Baron121
  9. #1,443Coleson121
  10. #1,443Damir121

Tied with 11 names at #1,431; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →