Addie
Addie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 174 births. Its best rank was 76th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1740.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1920904 births
- Best rank
- #76in 1885
- Since 1880
- 45,183people given the name
The story in the numbers
45,183 girls have been named Addie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 904 births.
The name has all but left use: 174 births in 2024, against 904 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 82 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 13 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Addie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,739 | |
| 1890s | 4,635 | |
| 1900s | 4,563 | |
| 1910s | 7,077 | |
| 1920s | 7,406 | |
| 1930s | 4,132 | |
| 1940s | 2,966 | |
| 1950s | 1,908 | |
| 1960s | 795 | |
| 1970s | 787 | |
| 1980s | 917 | |
| 1990s | 1,240 | |
| 2000s | 2,051 | |
| 2010s | 2,061 | |
| 2020s | 906 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Addie was the 211th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Addie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nelliepeak 1918
- Hattiepeak 1918
- Linniepeak 1921
- Lydapeak 1916
- Nettiepeak 1918
- Fanniepeak 1918
- Idapeak 1918
- Lulapeak 1921
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.