Girl name#284 of girl names
Addison
Pronounced AE1 D AH0 S AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2007
- 45 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Addison?
Addison is a girls' name, and first appears in 1980. It has been given to 160,639 children — the 284th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 45% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 12,134 children were given it.
Addisen is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Addison and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Addisen
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 D AH0 S AH0 N · AE1 D IH0 S AH0 N · AE1 D IH0 Z EH1 N · AE1 D IH1 Z EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 100 · 101 · 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Addison
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Addison
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Addison?
- Addison ranks 284th among girls' names in US records, with 160,639 births since 1980. Over the past decade it accounts for 48,430.
- Is Addison a unisex name?
- No. Addison is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Addison most popular?
- 2007, when 12,134 children were given the name. It has been in use for 45 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Addison spelled?
- Addisen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.