Addy
Addy was the 4547th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2764th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 842 places. More babies were named Addy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Addie) pet form of Adeline, Adelaide, etc. · English, Germanic
- Rank in 2025
- #4,547 girls, down 1,000 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201163 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,520babies recorded
What does the name Addy mean?
Addy is a spelling of Addie, pronounced the same way, so it shares Addie's meaning and origin.
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)
Addy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 22 since 1983.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,547 | 30 |
| 2020 | #3,547 | 42 |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 |
| 1990 | #7,884 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,791 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Addy, counting every spelling?
Addy is a spelling of Addie, a name family that ranked #1,047 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,547 for Addy 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 Addy?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Addy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Addy 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 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Addy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Addy?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Addy are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 9 and 25. That makes Addy mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Addy by state
How common Addy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 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 Addy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Addy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Addy
What does Addy mean?
Addy is a spelling of Addie, which means “pet form of Adeline, Adelaide, etc.” (English, Germanic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Addy?
Addy was the 4547th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2764th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 842 places. More babies were named Addy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Addy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Addy in the US.
Where is Addy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Addy was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).