Girls' name · since 1880
Addie
45,361 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.
- #635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,272 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,361
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
45,361 babies have been named Addie since 1880, making it today's #1272 girls' name.
Addie has 45,361 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1272 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #635 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,272 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45,361 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Addie ranks #635 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,272 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45,361 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,272 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,361
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Addie's 45,361 recorded births place it above 99.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Addie compares
45,361 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Addie's all-time total is 121x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Addie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45,361 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 904 | 21 | 19,840 |
Addie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Addie splits its recorded history at 1953: 22% of all births land in the more recent half, 78% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1971 (40 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 904 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Addie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 904
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Addie popularity over time - boys
718 total births recorded since 1880 (Addie as boys' name)
Addie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (7,406 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Addie's strongest decade.
7,406 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Addie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
3,739 births
- 1890s
1890s
4,635 births
- 1900s
1900s
4,563 births
- 1910s
1910s
7,077 births
- 1920s
1920s
7,406 births
- 1930s
1930s
4,132 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,967 births
- 1950s 1,908
1950s
1,908 births
- 1960s 795
1960s
795 births
- 1970s 787
1970s
787 births
- 1980s 917
1980s
917 births
- 1990s 1,240
1990s
1,240 births
- 2000s 2,051
2000s
2,051 births
- 2010s 2,061
2010s
2,061 births
- 2020s 1,083
2020s
1,083 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 7,406 births (16% of all-time use).
How Addie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Addie's total volume
Addie by state
Where Addie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 3,118 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 2,980 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,957 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 2,544 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 2,461 | 5.4% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 1,768 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,699 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 1,305 | 2.9% |
3,118 of 45,361 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Addie appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Addie's data
- Addie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (7,406 total births); usage has since declined to 1,083 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Addies (3,118 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Addie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Addie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.