Addie
- Pronunciation
- [A-ddie]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Adela.
- Origin
- French
About the Name Addie
Addie originated as a short form of Adela and related names built on the ancient Germanic element adal, meaning "noble," reaching English by way of French. Long used as an affectionate nickname, it became established as a given name on its own, with the related forms Addy, Adi, and Atti circulating alongside it. Its sound is warm and old-fashioned in the best sense — a small, sweet name with deep roots.
Addie is very much a name of the late nineteenth century in the United States. It appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 1880, the earliest year of the record, and reached its peak in 1885 at a strong rank of #76. It remained a high-ranking favorite through the 1890s — sitting at #92 in 1891 and #96 in 1892 — before fading over the twentieth century. It made a late, brief return, last recorded in the top-1000 in 2005 at #976, and across its long history it accounts for 5,418 top-1000 births.
Today Addie reads as a vintage charmer, part of the broad revival of antique nickname-names. Its gentle two-syllable lilt and its connection to "noble" Adela give it both sweetness and substance, and it works equally well as a standalone name or a friendly short form. Once a fixture of the Victorian nursery, Addie now appeals to parents seeking the same warm, heirloom quality that has lifted so many old nickname-names back into fashion, with the related Addy and Adi close at hand for variety.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Addie
US Popularity History (1880–2005)
Annual US births named Addie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1892 with 493 girls named Addie (girl rank #96 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2005, ranked #976 for girls (251 US births). That's 880 places below its 1892 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Addie Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Addie the strongest states are Mississippi, Utah, Arkansas.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #435 | 27 |
| 2 | Utah | #564 | 65 |
| 3 | Arkansas | #569 | 15 |
| 4 | Alabama | #575 | 76 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | #628 | 18 |
| 6 | Kentucky | #652 | 43 |
| 7 | Louisiana | #670 | 62 |
| 8 | South Carolina | #689 | 42 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #718 | 88 |
| 10 | Missouri | #803 | 38 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #908 | 19 |
| 2 | Washington | #875 | 27 |
| 3 | North Carolina | #822 | 54 |
| 4 | Georgia | #820 | 57 |
| 5 | Minnesota | #813 | 22 |
| 6 | Missouri | #803 | 38 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #718 | 88 |
| 8 | South Carolina | #689 | 42 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #670 | 62 |
| 10 | Kentucky | #652 | 43 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Addie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Addie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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