Addie
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Meaning
diminutive of Adelaide, noble kind
The formal names behind Addie
Addie is an established short form of each of these names.
Adelaide · Germanic origin · noble kind
Adeline · French origin · noble
Adalynn · Germanic origin · modern form in the Adeline and Adelina family, ultimately from Germanic adal "noble"
Adaline · Germanic origin · variant of Adeline, "noble"
Addison · English origin · from an English and Scottish surname meaning son of Addie, an old familiar form of Adam
Addie across languages
One shared root links 21 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: a Germanic family sharing adal, "noble"; Adalheidis means "noble kind," and led through Adelais and Old French Aalis to Alice
The constellation
14 more branches of this family
How popular is Addie around the world?
In the United States, 1,083 babies were named Addie between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 3 girls named Addie were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.
Addie is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, South Australia, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 20,000
In the United States, 1,083 babies were named Addie between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Addie peaked in the 1890s. In US birth records Addie has stayed between 787 and 2,061 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 girls named Addie were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Addie in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 30,000
In Canada, 12 girls named Addie were born in 2024, ranked 1,854th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 84,000
In England and Wales, 7 girls named Addie were born in 2025, ranked 3,333rd among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
last on record 2024
Addie is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Addie
People given the name Addie in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 2019. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Addie deep dive
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