How rare is the name Addie?

13,875 people in the United States have the first name Addie, about 1 in 21,768. It ranks #1,988 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ADDIE

#1,988

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,875
About
1 in 21,768
This common or more
78%
Who bears it

Of the 13,875 people named Addie, 65.5% reported their origin as White, 24.5% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Addie peaked in 1920, when 922 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
922
In 2025*
176 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 46,079 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Addie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #128. The largest share of babies named Addie, 38.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1283,804
1890s#1504,698
1900s#1884,619
1910s#3347,229
1920s#4217,580
1930s#5734,228
1940s#7893,028
1950s#1,1871,954
1960s#2,030795
1970s#2,234787
1980s#2,297917
1990s#2,3271,245
2000s#2,0182,051
2010s#2,1592,061
2020s#2,3921,083
Before 190119.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2738.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.9%
Baby boom 1946–647.8%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–963.5%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later5.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Addie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Addie has been most common in Mississippi (7.3×), Alabama (4.9×), and South Carolina (4.4×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.09×).

27,294 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Addie

1 other first name also has 13,875 people.

#1,988 Addyson · 13,875

Either side of Addie

#1,986 Shay · 13,892#1,987 Journey · 13,878#1,988 Addyson · 13,875#1,990 Misael · 13,844

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Addie, most common first.

#12,690 Addi · 975#28,022 Adie · 323

Also a last name

As a last name, Addie ranks #33,969 of 156,621, with 720 people. See Addie as a last name

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