Addie
Addie was the 1272nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 176 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 76th; the most babies were born in 1920 (904). Over the last ten years it has moved down 160 places. More babies were named Addie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Adeline, Adelaide, etc. · English, Germanic
Say it AD-ee /ˈædi/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,272 girls, up 46 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 176girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1920904 babies
- Total since 1880
- 46,079babies recorded
What does the name Addie mean?
Addie is a pet form of names beginning with Ad-, especially Adeline, Adelaide and Adele, and less often of Adam, Adrian or Addison. The Adel- names come from the Germanic adal, "noble"; DMNES notes that Adeline began as a pet form of Adelheid (Adelaide) or Adela and became a name in its own right. Addie was most common in the US from the 1880s to the 1920s and has returned to wider use since 2000.
adal (Old High German, “noble”)
How sure is this? Well established. Addie stands for several names; the "noble" meaning applies to the Adel- names.
Related names: Adeline, Adelaide, Adele, Addison, Addy.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Addie', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Adeline', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Addie', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Addie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 718 since 1880.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,272 | 176 |
| 2020 | #1,318 | 167 |
| 2010 | #1,178 | 207 |
| 2000 | #1,240 | 159 |
| 1990 | #1,424 | 111 |
| 1980 | #1,268 | 102 |
| 1970 | #1,736 | 52 |
| 1960 | #954 | 125 |
| 1950 | #525 | 245 |
| 1940 | #345 | 349 |
| 1930 | #295 | 510 |
| 1920 | #211 | 904 |
| 1910 | #157 | 495 |
| 1900 | #119 | 541 |
| 1890 | #92 | 468 |
| 1880 | #83 | 274 |
How popular is Addie, counting every spelling?
Addie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,047 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,272 for Addie on its own. Together these spellings went to 218 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addie | 176 | #1,272 | 916 |
| Addy | 30 | #4,547 | 186 |
| Addi | 12 | #8,365 | 106 |
| Adea | — | — | 46 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Addie?
176 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Addie (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Addie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 48 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Addie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Addie?
About 12,800 people born in the US named Addie are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 17 and 73. That makes Addie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Addie by state
How common Addie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (4.0×), Alabama (3.8×), Louisiana (3.5×), Utah (3.5×), South Carolina (3.0×). In 25 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Addie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Addie, they share its era and feel.
Addie is also a nickname for Addison, Adeline, Adalynn, Adelaide, Adelina, Addilyn, Adele and Adalee.
Questions about the name Addie
What does Addie mean?
Addie means “pet form of Adeline, Adelaide, etc.” (English, Germanic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Addie?
Addie was the 1272nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 176 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 76th; the most babies were born in 1920 (904). Over the last ten years it has moved down 160 places. More babies were named Addie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Addie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Addie in the US.
Where is Addie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Addie was most common in Mississippi (0.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Louisiana.