Given name & surname

Adison

“daughter of Adam”·“the son of Adam”

Adison is a variant of Addison. Interpretations include “daughter of Adam” (English) and “the son of Adam” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Adison is a variant of Addison. Interpretations include “daughter of Adam” (English) and “the son of Adam” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Adison is a variant of Addison. An origin associated with Addison is English.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Adison through the years

Babies since 1880
3,909
660 boys · 3,249 girls
Most popular year
2007
429 babies
2025
21
#7,895 for girls · #8,924 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−51%
Cooling
Boys Girls
010020030019401960198020002025Highest share 2007Boys 4.7Girls 8.1
Adison in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1926–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 10% boys.

Boys Girls
0%50%100%19401960198020002020
Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,895 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 53.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 401 in 2007. It also appeared in 8 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,854 as a first name in 2020; 183 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Adison’s family of names

Adison has a related form in Addison.

Walk Adison’s family in the name graph

AdisonAdysonAddison

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Adison, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Maddison

“daughter'of a mighty warrior” · “son of a mighty warrior”

61FamiliarEasing

>99% girls

Scottish · Nature

Aileen

“light-bearer” · “from the green meadow”

53UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Arabic · Modern

Amani

“one who is peaceful” · “one with wishes and dreams”

58FamiliarRising

18% boys · 82% girls

 

Madilyn

“woman from Magdala”

61FamiliarEasing

>99% girls

 

Alondra

“helper and defender of mankind”

55FamiliarEasing

>99% girls

Spanish · Modern

Anahi

Anahi is a feminine given name from Spanish.

60FamiliarRising

>99% girls

Nature

Adriana

“holy”

63FamiliarEasing

>99% girls

English

Payton

“from the warrior's village”

63FamiliarCooling

13% boys · 87% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Adison’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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