Girls' name · since 1990

Addyson

Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 16,897 babies named Addyson, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#1,178 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,415 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16,897
born since 1990
2010s
peak decade

Addyson currently ranks #1415 among girls' names in America, with 16,897 babies recorded since 1990.

Addyson has 16,897 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1415 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, 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 1990 to 2025.

  • #1,178 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,415 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 16,897 born since 1990
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Addyson ranks #1,178 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,415 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,897 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.

#1,178 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,415 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16,897
born since 1990
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%91.8%
Addyson vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Addyson's 16,897 recorded births place it above 98.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

47 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Addyson compares

16,897 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Addyson's all-time total is 45x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Addyson Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 16,897 376 567,345
Peak-year births 1,619 21 19,840

Addyson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Addyson's full recorded timeline at 2008, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 1,619 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Addyson popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2010)
1,619
Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
05001,0001,5002,000 19901995200020052010201520202025 154

Addyson popularity over time - boys

33 total births recorded since 2003 (Addyson as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 33 births
4681012 20032004200620102011 6

Addyson by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (9,033 births, 53% of the file).

2010s was Addyson's strongest decade.

9,033 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.

Addyson births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 9,033 births (53% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Addyson 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 Addyson's total volume

Addyson vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -134, 4.6%-105, 4.2%-53, 5.3%-105, 4.7%-55, 9%-136, 2.2%-114, 4.2%-146, 2.9%-53, 10.1%-65, 3.8%-53, 6%-112, 6.6%-113, 2.9%-140, 3.9%-142, 6%Addyson-36, 9.6%Addyson
Addyson vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Addyson by state

Where Addyson concentrates geographically, total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Addyson
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
1,730 10.2%
#2 Ohio
1,024 6.1%
#3 California
786 4.7%
#4 Indiana
689 4.1%
#5 Tennessee
663 3.9%
#6 Illinois
620 3.7%
#7 North Carolina
608 3.6%
#8 Florida
596 3.5%
Texas share of Addyson's total US births 10.2%
Even split

1,730 of 16,897 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.

Addyson appears in 47 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Addyson?
Addyson has been given to 16,897 babies in the U.S. since 1990, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #1,178 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #1,415 of 17,297. 1,619 babies were born in 2010, its single highest year.
Where does Addyson sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Addyson ranks #1,178 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,415 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Addyson most popular?
Addyson was most popular in the 2010s decade with 9,033 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Addyson most popular?
The top states for the name Addyson are Texas (1,730 births), Ohio (1,024 births), California (786 births).
How long has the name Addyson been used?
The SSA has tracked Addyson since 1990 -- 36 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Addyson?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Addison, Addie, Addisyn, Addilyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Addyson's data

  • Addyson's decade-level peak was the 2010s (9,033 total births); usage has since declined to 1,399 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Texas records the most Addysons (1,730 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Addyson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1990–2025 (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 Addyson 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.