Addie
Addie is a unisex given name, nickname, and surname. Notable people and characters with the name or nickname include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Addie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Addie is a unisex given name, nickname, and surname. Notable people and characters with the name or nickname include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Addie
American parents first put Addie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 274 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 904 Addies were born — ranking #211 that year. As of 2026, Addie ranks #1,225 for baby girls with 191 births, gradually rising (+7%). All told, over 46K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Addie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Addie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Addie
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About the name Addie
Addie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 46K births in the dataset. Addie's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #76. Use the chart and map above to compare Addie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.