How rare is the name Adison?

3,854 people in the United States have the first name Adison, about 1 in 78,368. It ranks #4,714 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ADISON

#4,714

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,854
About
1 in 78,368
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,854 people named Adison, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as two or more races. 81.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Adison peaked in 2007, when 429 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
429
In 2025*
21 ▼95%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 3,909 babies have been given the name since 1926. 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.

Adison by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,826. The largest share of babies named Adison, 78.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#12,7817
1980s#12,56668
1990s#5,334360
2000s#1,8262,372
2010s#3,608974
2020s#9,859128
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Millennials 1981–966.2%
Generation Z 1997–1278.9%
2013 and later14.7%

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 Adison is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adison has been most common in Utah (4.8×), Missouri (2.4×), and Kansas (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.36×).

2,007 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 Adison

1 other first name also has 3,854 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Adison ranks #104,276 of 156,621, with 183 people. See Adison as a last name

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