Unisex name · since 1912
Addis
Addis has 443 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,475 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,960 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 443
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Addis currently ranks #8960 among unisex names in America, with 443 babies recorded since 1912.
Addis has 443 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8960 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #8,475 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,960 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 443 born since 1912
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Addis ranks #8,475 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,960 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 443 born since 1912, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,475 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,960 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 443
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Addis's 443 recorded births place it above 81.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Addis compares
443 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Addis's all-time total is 20% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Addis | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 443 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Addis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Addis's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1922, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Addis popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Addis popularity over time - girls
152 total births recorded since 1909 (Addis as girls' name)
Addis by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 19% of the file).
2010s was Addis's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Addis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
60 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
40 births
- 1940s
1940s
39 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (19% of all-time use).
Addis by state
Where Addis concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 443 births nationwide.
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What to do with Addis's data
- Addis's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Addiss (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Addis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Addis 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.