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Girl's name · #84 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
98% girls · 2% boys — Addison is also given to boys: 62 in 2025, about 1 in 55 in recent years. Addison →
Addison reached its best rank, #11, in 2007 and ranked #84 in 2025. Roughly 149,000 girls have been named Addison since 1980.
Already rising, US births of Addison increased from 3,023 in 2005 to 7,622 in 2006, the year after Grey’s Anatomy introduced Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#80 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #96 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #100 in New Zealand (2025) · #116 in Canada (2025) · #146 in Scotland (2025) · #351 in England & Wales (2025) · #397 in N. Ireland (2025) · #487 in Ecuador (2025) · #544 in Ireland (2025) · #1,169 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,937 in Italy (2024) · #3,406 in France (2025) and 1 more.
Among 151 notable people named Addison:
Sports figures appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Addison Wiley, American middle-distance runner (born 2003).
Popular twin pairings with Addison include Avery, Ava, and Emma for girls, and Aiden, Jackson, and Austin for boys.
Similar names: Peyton · Hadley · Piper · Madison · Payton · Skylar
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