Addie

Meaning: Noble; nobility
Origin: Variant of Adele (from Germanic)

Girl's name · #1272 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Addie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1885, when it ranked #76. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 45,000 girls since 1880, ranked #1272 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Addie ran about 4× its national rate in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Addie ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,856 in Canada (2024).

Famous Addies

Addie McPhail — American actress (1905–2003)
Addie L. Ballou — American poet, feminist, suffragist, artist (1837–1916)
Addie L. Wyatt — American labor leader (1924–2012)
Addie Viola Smith — American attorney (1893–1975)
Addie Jenne Russell — American politician

In stories & tradition

Addie Horton — Days of Our Lives (TV series)
Addie — The Little Foxes (book)

What Addies become

Among 58 notable people named Addie:

Entertainers appear 1.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Addie McPhail, American actress (1905–2003).

Similar names: Haddie · Mattie · Adina · Zadie · Lenna · Edie

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