Etymology in the sources
Source-reportedDiminutive forms with -y.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: AddyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: AddyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Addy is a unisex given name documented in English, Dutch and Danish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Separate records with matching spellings: Addý (Icelandic)
Diminutive forms with -y.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 30 girls (rank 4546). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Addy
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 6 | 7,680 | observed |
| 1975 | 9 | 5,984 | observed |
| 1976 | 8 | 6,611 | observed |
| 1977 | 22 | 3,366 | observed |
| 1978 | 14 | 4,679 | observed |
| 1979 | 11 | 5,751 | observed |
| 1980 | 9 | 6,789 | observed |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,128 | observed |
| 1982 | 11 | 5,911 | observed |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,275 | observed |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,422 | observed |
| 1985 | 9 | 6,955 | observed |
| 1986 | 13 | 5,459 | observed |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,788 | observed |
| 1988 | 12 | 6,277 | observed |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,449 | observed |
| 1990 | 10 | 7,880 | observed |
| 1991 | 13 | 6,588 | observed |
| 1992 | 19 | 5,051 | observed |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,052 | observed |
| 1994 | 17 | 5,445 | observed |
| 1995 | 26 | 3,969 | observed |
| 1996 | 19 | 5,065 | observed |
| 1997 | 24 | 4,370 | observed |
| 1998 | 18 | 5,583 | observed |
| 1999 | 18 | 5,661 | observed |
| 2000 | 34 | 3,738 | observed |
| 2001 | 28 | 4,321 | observed |
| 2002 | 38 | 3,523 | observed |
| 2003 | 36 | 3,805 | observed |
| 2004 | 43 | 3,444 | observed |
| 2005 | 34 | 4,118 | observed |
| 2006 | 47 | 3,414 | observed |
| 2007 | 59 | 2,992 | observed |
| 2008 | 53 | 3,158 | observed |
| 2009 | 59 | 2,940 | observed |
| 2010 | 42 | 3,689 | observed |
| 2011 | 63 | 2,763 | observed |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,901 | observed |
| 2013 | 49 | 3,267 | observed |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,226 | observed |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,705 | observed |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,060 | observed |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,305 | observed |
| 2018 | 43 | 3,559 | observed |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,962 | observed |
| 2020 | 42 | 3,546 | observed |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,883 | observed |
| 2022 | 53 | 3,073 | observed |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,114 | observed |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,560 | observed |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,546 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Addy” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Addy— “noble threatener”
…Most likely names ending in _trut_ had been brought to England, and as the Valkyr sense was forgotten, the native meaning of _threat_ was attached to the word, and the spelling adapted to it. St. Æthelthryth was a queen who must have been a very uncomfortable wife, and who, finally, retired into a monastery, getting canonized as St. Etheldreda, and revered as St. Audry. From the gewgaws sold at her fairs some derive the term tawdry; and, at any rate, Awdry has never been…
…Most likely names ending in _trut_ had been brought to England, and as the Valkyr sense was forgotten, the native meaning of _threat_ was attached to the word, and the spelling adapted to it. St. Æthelthryth was a queen who must have been a very uncomfortable wife, and who, finally, retired into a monastery, getting canonized as St. Etheldreda, and revered as St. Audry. From the gewgaws sold at her fairs some derive the term tawdry; and, at any rate, Awdry has never been extinct as a name among the peasantry, and has of late been revived, though with less popularity than the other more modern contraction, Ethel, which is sometimes in modern times set to stand alone as an independent name. Addy is the common Devonian short for Audrey.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section I (Nobility) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.