Girls' name · peaked in 1883
Addie name popularity since 1925
21,522 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Addie (98.7% girls, 1.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1950 or earlier, so the typical Addie is about 76 years old in 2026. Addie peaked in 1883 as the #77 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,522
- Named Addie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1883
- #77 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,272 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.7% girls
- 21,232 girls · 290 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 8.05× its national share
Peak year is the year Addie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Addie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Addie peaked earlier, in 1883.
- Steepest fall: Between 1956 and 1961, Addie's share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 11,200 to 1 in 19,400.
- Fastest rise: Between 2000 and 2005, it became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 11,400 baby girls to 1 in 7,360.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Addie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Addie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Addie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,291 | 82 | – |
| 1930s | 4,132 | 96 | #313 |
| 1940s | 2,967 | 61 | #428 |
| 1950s | 1,908 | 46 | #733 |
| 1960s | 795 | 0 | #1,240 |
| 1970s | 787 | 0 | #1,211 |
| 1980s | 917 | 0 | #1,575 |
| 1990s | 1,240 | 5 | #1,229 |
| 2000s | 2,051 | 0 | #976 |
| 2010s | 2,061 | 0 | #1,112 |
| 2020–25 | 1,083 | 0 | #1,272 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.0% of babies named Addie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Addie is most popular
The index compares Addie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Addie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 8.05× | 1,641 |
| Alabama | 4.88× | 1,451 |
| South Carolina | 4.29× | 1,010 |
| North Carolina | 3.84× | 1,830 |
| Georgia | 3.71× | 1,723 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Addie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Addie (this page) | 21,232 | 1883 |
| Addy | 1,498 | 2011 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Addie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Addie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Addie (1883).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data