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Addison

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~158,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#84 among girls
Births in 2025
3,033 162,320 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Addison popularity over time

Addison rank by birth year, 1980–2025Addison ranked #9,095 in 1980 and #84 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #11, in 2007.#10#100#1,000#10,000#84best #11 in 200719801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1980–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Addison in 2007 than in any other year — 12,290 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 20 years put Addison in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #84, on 3,033 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 56%. It slipped 16 places against the previous year.

Babies named Addison per yearPeaks at 12,290 births in 2007.12,290 in 2007018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Addison?

An estimated 158,800 living Americans are called Addison. That is out of 162,320 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 147,800 women and 11,000 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Addison?

The typical living Addison is 14 years old. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Addison a millennial-era name.

Your Addison

Ages of living people named AddisonHalf of living Addisons are older than 14 and half younger.median 14020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Addison is most common

Relative to births, Vermont carries 3.8× the national share of Addisons. Maine, West Virginia and Wyoming follow.

Where Addison is used more than average5 states use the name Addison more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.6× the national rateMEVermont: 3.8× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.2× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.3× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: 2.5× the national rateWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Addison is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 120 3.8×
Maine 246 2.6×
West Virginia 408 2.5×
Wyoming 68 2.3×
New Hampshire 231 2.2×

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

92% girls8% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 91.7% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Addison in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Addison ranked #351 in 2025 on 137 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Addison comes from

A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + son.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Addison

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Addison Rae American singer and actress 2000 41
Addison Timlin American actress 1991 24
Addison Emery Verrill U.S. zoologist 1839–1926 18
Addison Brown United States federal judge, astronomer and botanist 1830–1913 17
Addison Richards American actor 1902–1964 16
Addison Riecke American actress and model 2004 14
Addison Mizner American architect 1872–1933 11
Addison G. Foster American politician 1837–1917 10
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,416 in 2005 to 8,067 in 2006 — 2.4 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Addison

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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