Odell

Where Odell comes from

The dictionaries list Odell as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #677 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1884
    Odell Shepard born
    American politician
  3. 1906
    Peak, #293
    48 babies named Odell — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1911
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1992
    Odell Beckham Jr. born
    American football player
  6. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,066.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Odell Beckham Jr. · American football player, born 1992
  • Odell Shepard · American politician, 1884–1967
  • Odell Brown · American jazz organist, songwriter, 1940–2011
  • Odell Barry · American football player, 1941–2022
  • Odell Hodge · American basketball player, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.