Addie

“Variant of Adele — Noble; nobility” — Germanic (via Adele group) origin

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

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. In Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana it runs about 4× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024).

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

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
Addie — The Little Foxes

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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