Girl name#559 of girl names
Addie
Pronounced AE1 D IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Addie?
Addie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 47,390 children — the 559th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1920, when 904 children were given it.
Addy is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Addie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Addy
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 D IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Addie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Addie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Addie?
- Addie ranks 559th among girls' names in US records, with 47,390 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,324.
- Is Addie a unisex name?
- No. Addie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Addie most popular?
- 1920, when 904 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Addie spelled?
- Addy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.