Addie
Feminine
Addie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 45,361 girls against 718 boys since 1880. See Addie as a boy name
Addie is one of the oldest continuously used familiar forms in the American record, given to daughters and sons alike in its first decades and still in ordinary use now. What it shortens is a genuinely open question: at least four formal names produce it, and most families never wrote down which one they meant.
How old is the name Addie?
Addie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Addie alive today was born around 1921, making them about 104 years old. About 13,500 people named Addie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Addie most popular?
Addie peaked in 1885, reaching #76 nationally. Today it ranks #1272, 1,196 places below that high. See the whole 1885 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Addie
One of the most reproduced photographs in American labor history shows a barefoot girl standing between two rows of spinning frames in a Vermont cotton mill, arms folded, looking straight at the camera. Lewis Hine took it while working for a committee that was trying to get child labor restricted, and he made a point of writing down what he could get: the mill, the town, the job, and where he could manage it, the child's name. A century later a researcher used those notes and the census to trace her. She had gone on working in mills, married twice, had children and grandchildren, and lived into her nineties, and her family had no idea the photograph existed until they were shown it. The detail that made the tracing possible was the one thing photographers of the poor usually leave out, which is the name.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Adelaide, Adeline, Ada and Adelia all yield this short form, and in the modern revival Addison does too. The Germanic element they mostly share means noble, but it cannot be claimed for this spelling, because the record holds the short form on its own far more often than it holds a parent.
Pronouncing Addie
AD-ee
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The doubled d keeps the first vowel short, which is the difference between this and a reading with a long a.
Nicknames for Addie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1918881 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #76reached in 1885
- Change vs 2022
- −12.0%176 in 2025, from 200
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Addie in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Tennessee, Georgia.
Addies among us
people named Addie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 9,132 born in 2025 was named Addie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Addie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Addie is headed
Addie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Addie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Addie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is warm and instantly readable, and nobody has to be told how to say it.
- Several formal names stand behind it, so a bearer can choose one later or not bother.
- It has been in continuous use for a very long time, which few short forms manage.
- Addy and Adie are both common and the spelling will be asked about.
- It is popular enough again that a classroom may hold more than one.
- It was recorded for sons in its earliest decades, though almost never now.
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Feminine · #1272 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Addies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 13,500 people named Addie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Addie in 2025?
- Addie ranks #1272 among US girl names in 2025, with 176 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Addie?
- About 1 in every 9,132 US girls born in 2025 was named Addie — 176 in all.
- Will my child share the name Addie with classmates?
- Addie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Addie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Selina#1272 · Ashly#1272 · Faigy#1272 · Christine#1272 · Isha#1272 · Raylynn#1272 · Antonia#1279 · Leela#1279
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