Addie — #1312 US girls' name
45,183 babies named Addie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Addie was born in this single decade.
904 babies were named Addie in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Addie
The Social Security Administration has registered 45,183 babies named Addie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Addie currently holds the #1312 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 904 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Addie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,406 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Addie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 3,110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Addie in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Addie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45,183 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Addie at a glance
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Current rank
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Addie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1920)
- 904
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1312 among girls.
45,183 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 904 births in a single year.
Addie popularity over time — boys
718 total births recorded since 1880 (Addie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Addie accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Addie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 7,406 births that decade — 16% of Addie's all-time total
Addie decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,406 births
- Runner-up 7,077 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Addie's strongest decade
7,406 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Addie by state
Where Addie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 3,110 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 2,969 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,941 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 2,533 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 2,455 | 5.4% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 1,763 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,687 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 1,297 | 2.9% |
3,110 of 45,183 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 6.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
- Mississippi 5.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Addie appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.