girls:
3.2k births since 1989
#3055 (47th percentile)
boys:
652 births since 1926
#3935 (14th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1926
#4421 (43rd percentile)
The name Adison is the #4,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,871 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 42.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,055 (46.5% percentile) for all time with 3,219 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #3,935 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 652 births since 1926.
Adison first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Adison is available in 39 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 33 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adison has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 82.8% of babies named Adison were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (69.7% boys from 1926 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (86.0% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For girls, Adison reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 38.4% percentile (ranked #608) with 189 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 189 births per million (ranked 38.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Adison ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 7.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Adison reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #796) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 26 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Adison ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adison".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Adison. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Adison is pronounced as A-dih-suhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-duh-suhn, at 16.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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