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Addie

Gender
Girl
Say it
AD-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,272 for girls

Addie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,272nd for girls in the US (176 babies).

What does Addie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Adelaide, Adeline or Addison

“noble”

A pet form of Adelaide and Adeline, both from Germanic adal, 'noble'; it was a common given name in 19th-century America.

Is Addie a girl's or a boy's name?

Addie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 176 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Addie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 160% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Addie, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Addie than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Addie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 19 in 20232025
Addie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
202413#2,175
202319#1,666
202214#2,052
202115#1,981
20205#4,110
20196#3,738
20184#4,914
20179#2,864
20165#4,290
20152#7,531
20140–
20130–
20120–
20114#4,980
20100–
20090–
20087#3,203
20070–
20061#6,685

How popular is Addie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,272among girls
Babies in 2025
176about 1 in 9,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 176 girls in the US were named Addie, making it the 1,272nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,318th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 904 girls.

Half of all the girls named Addie in the US since 1880 were born between 1906 and 1948. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 224 girls in the US were given Addie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #987, up from #1,272 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 904 in 19202025
Addie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025176#1,272
2024175#1,314
2023201#1,195
2022200#1,206
2021164#1,347
2020167#1,318
2019192#1,218
2018185#1,250
2017188#1,257
2016182#1,313
2015232#1,112
2014208#1,179
2013198#1,210
2012233#1,071
2011236#1,045
2010207#1,178
2009233#1,091
2008223#1,151
2007234#1,105
2006214#1,143
2005251#976
2004187#1,194
2003182#1,179
2002178#1,155
2001190#1,110
2000159#1,238
1999142#1,291
1998157#1,181
1997137#1,279
1996126#1,341
1995139#1,226
1994129#1,309
1993115#1,407
199286#1,726
199198#1,558
1990111#1,420
1989111#1,367
1988113#1,284
1987101#1,348
1986105#1,282
198576#1,574
198474#1,535
198367#1,644
198284#1,436
198184#1,445
1980102#1,268
1979101#1,261
197895#1,281
1977111#1,141
197699#1,160
197595#1,211
197483#1,284
197358#1,589
197253#1,674
197140#2,064
197052#1,736
196952#1,667
196846#1,728
196748#1,640
196660#1,416
196575#1,240
196483#1,211
196395#1,119
1962107#1,043
1961104#1,070
1960125#953
1959157#818
1958146#843
1957172#759
1956179#719
1955168#732
1954189#676
1953207#616
1952202#615
1951243#536
1950245#524
1949282#479
1948277#481
1947283#488
1946267#481
1945278#428
1944283#426
1943288#433
1942321#400
1941339#363
1940349#345
1939333#356
1938388#314
1937424#299
1936341#337
1935396#313
1934422#306
1933414#299
1932446#298
1931458#293
1930510#295
1929583#265
1928591#265
1927703#246
1926654#258
1925760#239
1924763#239
1923756#237
1922856#223
1921836#224
1920904#211
1919846#214
1918881#214
1917836#211
1916823#211
1915808#205
1914708#188
1913605#187
1912578#171
1911497#161
1910495#157
1909453#155
1908445#153
1907471#139
1906447#137
1905465#134
1904432#134
1903441#126
1902469#122
1901399#128
1900541#119
1899412#118
1898481#111
1897461#110
1896485#106
1895471#107
1894481#102
1893416#106
1892493#96
1891467#92
1890468#92
1889448#90
1888455#91
1887393#86
1886417#83
1885406#76
1884356#85
1883362#77
1882341#77
1881287#81
1880274#83

Names like Addie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lottie Annie Ada Hattie Elsie Millie Winnie Nellie Ottilie Rosie Alice Hallie

Other spellings of Addie

Addy Addi Ady

Names related to Addie

Eadie Adi Audie

More Germanic names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Addie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/addie, updated 20 October 2026.