Addison

What Addison means

Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”

form of Adam || From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Addison” (revision 91314124) and “Adam” (revision 94534333), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Addison?

US: Falling: down from #24 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #735 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 11,949 girls got the name (#11 that year). First in the US records in 1980.

How common

• About 1 in 541 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,059 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 596 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (12.32 per 1,000 girls), WY (6.17 per 1,000 girls), NH (6.06 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Addison is #84 in the US and #351 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.0% of US babies named Addison were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Addyson154 US
• Addisyn147 US
• Adisson16 US
• Adyson13 US
• Adison13 US
• Adisyn12 US
• Addysen8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Addison

Girls

• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Marley#322Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

For a brother

• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025
• Rylan#416possibly “rye field”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Landon#127“long + hill”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Addison’s. Rank is US 2025.