Addis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AD-is
- Origin
- Amharic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Addis is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “new”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Addis mean?
Amharic: Amharic word, as in Addis Ababa
“new”
Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, means 'new flower' in Amharic.
Is Addis a girl's or a boy's name?
Addis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Addis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Addis, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Addis in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Addis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Names like Addis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellis, August, Leo, Hollis, Emmett, Augustus, Lewis, Silas, Henry, Atlas, Alden, Arthur
Names related to Addis
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit
Sources
Figures from 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, “Addis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/addis, updated 20 October 2026.