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Adie

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Earth, man, soil, light brown, through Adam

Adie has been given to 167 babies in the U.S. since 1904. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Adie, 2014

1 in 463,000

Adie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adie over time

In 2014, Adie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19042014

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adie: meaning, origin, and history

Earth, man, soil, light brown, through Adam

Hebrew, Irish, Latin, French and Germanic languages

What Adie means

Adie belongs to the name family reached through Adie → Adam. Its meaning is “earth, man, soil, light brown”.

Origin, language, and formation

Adie is used in English and Scots. Its origins include Hebrew, Irish, Latin, French and Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adam, Adrian, Aidan, Adele, Adriana, Adrienne and Aidam.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Scots, Adie is pronounced /ˈedi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 151 girls were recorded with the name Adie between 1904 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,823 in 1907.

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Adie between 1917 and 1953. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1917; its best national rank was #3,546 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Adie?

Adie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014
1 in 463,000
8 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only
1 in 223,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
321,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Adie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 321,172 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adie was born before 2002 — so the typical Adie is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
86
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Adie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2007 (11)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
48.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,823
1907

Spellings of Adie

Adie is not the most common spelling — Alice is, with 14.8% against Adie's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Adie around the world

Where Adie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2018–2018
    #5,666
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1979–2004
    #700
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Adie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,823
1907
Peak year
2007
11 that year
First recorded
1904
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
151
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,546
1917
Peak year
1917
6 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1953
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Adie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AdiahAdiyaAdinAdinahAditriAdibaAdivaAdileeAdielAdisaBodieAdissonAdiAdirahAdineAdilaAdithiAdilenyLydieJordieAdiellaAdiannaAdisenAdia

Sibling names for Adie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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