Addie
Addie was given to 176 girls in 2025, #1,272 among girls’ names; 46,079 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,900 Americans named Addie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 17 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Addie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Addie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Addie is “a diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adeline, Adelaide, and Addison or other names beginning with Ad-.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given names Adam and Adrian or other names beginning with Ad-.”
Diminutives formed with -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Addie?
#1,272 among girls’ names, 2025
Addie fell from #1,112 in 2015 to #1,272 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.13 to 0.11 per 1,000.
922 babies in 1920, the peak
Addie peaked in 1920, when 922 babies were given it (904 girls, #211 among girls’ names). The 176 births of 2025 are 19% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | #1,272 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 175 | #1,314 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,195 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,207 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 164 | #1,347 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 167 | #1,318 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 192 | #1,218 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 185 | #1,250 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 188 | #1,257 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 182 | #1,313 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 232 | #1,112 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 208 | #1,179 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 198 | #1,210 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 233 | #1,071 | 0.13 |
| 2011 | 236 | #1,045 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 207 | #1,178 | 0.12 |
| 2009 | 233 | #1,091 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 223 | #1,151 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 234 | #1,105 | 0.12 |
| 2006 | 214 | #1,143 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 251 | #976 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 187 | #1,194 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 182 | #1,179 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 178 | #1,155 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 190 | #1,110 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 159 | #1,238 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 142 | #1,291 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 157 | #1,181 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 137 | #1,279 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 126 | #1,341 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 139 | #1,226 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 129 | #1,309 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 115 | #1,407 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 86 | #1,726 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,558 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 111 | #1,420 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 111 | #1,367 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 113 | #1,284 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 101 | #1,348 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 105 | #1,282 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,574 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,535 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,644 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 84 | #1,436 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 102 | #1,268 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 101 | #1,261 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 95 | #1,281 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 111 | #1,141 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,160 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 95 | #1,211 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 83 | #1,284 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,674 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,736 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,728 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,640 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 60 | #1,416 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,240 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 83 | #1,211 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 95 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 107 | #1,043 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 104 | #1,070 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 125 | #953 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 157 | #818 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 146 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 172 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 179 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 168 | #732 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 189 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 207 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 202 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 243 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 245 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 282 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1948 | 277 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 283 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1946 | 267 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1945 | 278 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 283 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1943 | 288 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1942 | 321 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1941 | 339 | #363 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 349 | #345 | 0.31 |
| 1939 | 333 | #356 | 0.30 |
| 1938 | 388 | #314 | 0.35 |
| 1937 | 424 | #299 | 0.40 |
| 1936 | 341 | #337 | 0.33 |
| 1935 | 396 | #313 | 0.38 |
| 1934 | 422 | #306 | 0.40 |
| 1933 | 414 | #299 | 0.41 |
| 1932 | 446 | #298 | 0.42 |
| 1931 | 458 | #293 | 0.43 |
| 1930 | 510 | #295 | 0.45 |
| 1929 | 583 | #265 | 0.52 |
| 1928 | 591 | #265 | 0.51 |
| 1927 | 703 | #246 | 0.59 |
| 1926 | 654 | #258 | 0.55 |
| 1925 | 760 | #239 | 0.62 |
| 1924 | 763 | #239 | 0.61 |
| 1923 | 756 | #237 | 0.63 |
| 1922 | 856 | #223 | 0.71 |
| 1921 | 836 | #224 | 0.68 |
| 1920 | 904 | #211 | 0.75 |
| 1919 | 846 | #214 | 0.75 |
| 1918 | 881 | #214 | 0.76 |
| 1917 | 836 | #211 | 0.77 |
| 1916 | 823 | #211 | 0.79 |
| 1915 | 808 | #205 | 0.82 |
| 1914 | 708 | #188 | 0.93 |
| 1913 | 605 | #187 | 1.0 |
| 1912 | 578 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1911 | 497 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1910 | 495 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1909 | 453 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1908 | 445 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1907 | 471 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1906 | 447 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1905 | 465 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1904 | 432 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1903 | 441 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1902 | 469 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1901 | 399 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1900 | 541 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1899 | 412 | #118 | 1.8 |
| 1898 | 481 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1897 | 461 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 1896 | 485 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1895 | 471 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1894 | 481 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1893 | 416 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1892 | 493 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1891 | 467 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1890 | 468 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1889 | 448 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1888 | 455 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1887 | 393 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1886 | 417 | #83 | 2.9 |
| 1885 | 406 | #76 | 3.1 |
| 1884 | 356 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1883 | 362 | #77 | 3.2 |
| 1882 | 341 | #77 | 3.2 |
| 1881 | 287 | #81 | 3.1 |
| 1880 | 274 | #83 | 3.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Addie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 46,079 Americans recorded as Addie, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 176 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Addie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Addie, and how old are they?
12,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 46,079 Americans ever recorded as Addie. The median Addie alive today is 37 years old; half are between 17 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 13,875 people named Addie (13,662 women and girls, 213 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,950 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,890 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,690 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,090 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,580 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,130 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,450 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Addie born?
The states with the most babies named Addie are North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,139 | #1,059 | 2.8× |
| Georgia | 2,985 | #855 | 2.8× |
| Texas | 2,957 | #1,460 | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 2,544 | #270 | 4.1× |
| Alabama | 2,461 | #716 | 2.9× |
| South Carolina | 1,768 | #774 | 2.7× |
| Tennessee | 1,699 | #603 | 2.0× |
| Louisiana | 1,305 | #536 | 1.9× |
| Arkansas | 1,127 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Kentucky | 1,023 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Addie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Addie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Addie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 56,574 babies since 1880, Addie is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 176 of their 311 babies (57%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Addie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Addie and names like it
- Compare Addie and AdiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAddie peaked in 1920.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Addie since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Addie.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Addie alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.