Add

Boy · recorded 1890–1945

  • 1945last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1945. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Add.

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

0254918901904191819311945

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Add, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189045
189149
189249
189642
19156
19168
19185
19215
192211
19235
19265
19285
19346
19366
19436
19444
19454

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Add isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1945
5
Rank in 1945
#3,338
How rare
1 in 269,171 boys
Since 1890
102

Add was last recorded in 1945. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 49 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Add doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.