Odell
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 78.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,883since 1883
Odell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,497 | 31 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,240 | 35 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #2,840 | 42 |
| 2016 | — | #3,596 | 30 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,105 | 23 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,421 | 19 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,050 | 39 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,820 | 45 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,662 | 49 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,705 | 45 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,731 | 40 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,636 | 42 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,389 | 49 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,444 | 44 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,166 | 60 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,164 | 62 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,177 | 61 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,187 | 59 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,193 | 58 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,177 | 57 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,113 | 61 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,123 | 57 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,045 | 62 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #860 | 85 |
| 1972 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #848 | 92 |
| 1970 | — | #806 | 101 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #856 | 80 |
| 1968 | — | #720 | 109 | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #786 | 86 |
| 1966 | — | #812 | 80 | |
| 1965 | — | #786 | 89 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #737 | 109 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #799 | 90 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #721 | 113 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #692 | 122 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #657 | 141 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #660 | 135 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | #603 | 162 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #590 | 169 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #607 | 156 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #535 | 189 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #551 | 175 |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | #499 | 196 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | #499 | 200 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 | #489 | 193 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | #477 | 194 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #448 | 221 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 | #446 | 222 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #444 | 226 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 | #435 | 210 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | #418 | 205 |
| 1944 | #1,188 | 44 | #433 | 198 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 | #416 | 221 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | #427 | 205 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 | #416 | 197 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 | #397 | 208 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | #386 | 213 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | #363 | 235 |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 | #379 | 213 |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 | #368 | 218 |
| 1935 | #805 | 71 | #349 | 250 |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 | #342 | 256 |
| 1933 | #826 | 65 | #347 | 242 |
| 1932 | #734 | 84 | #317 | 300 |
| 1931 | #750 | 79 | #333 | 265 |
| 1930 | #695 | 98 | #344 | 267 |
| 1929 | #691 | 103 | #324 | 292 |
| 1928 | #724 | 95 | #345 | 274 |
| 1927 | #678 | 114 | #330 | 300 |
| 1926 | #644 | 125 | #367 | 252 |
| 1925 | #599 | 146 | #322 | 313 |
| 1924 | #628 | 143 | #354 | 281 |
| 1923 | #590 | 150 | #338 | 296 |
| 1922 | #550 | 167 | #296 | 367 |
| 1921 | #542 | 171 | #326 | 324 |
| 1920 | #575 | 156 | #313 | 336 |
| 1919 | #562 | 151 | #318 | 305 |
| 1918 | #616 | 132 | #368 | 253 |
| 1917 | #548 | 150 | #345 | 259 |
| 1916 | #522 | 158 | #349 | 237 |
| 1915 | #582 | 125 | #347 | 237 |
| 1914 | #505 | 122 | #348 | 180 |
| 1913 | #551 | 86 | #363 | 131 |
| 1912 | #550 | 79 | #367 | 112 |
| 1911 | #531 | 62 | #308 | 76 |
| 1910 | #472 | 72 | #326 | 57 |
| 1909 | #522 | 52 | #330 | 49 |
| 1908 | #557 | 45 | #303 | 52 |
| 1907 | #545 | 44 | #359 | 38 |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 | #293 | 48 |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | #384 | 30 |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | #344 | 34 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | #353 | 30 |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | #360 | 30 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 | #433 | 19 |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | #419 | 29 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Odell! It came in at #677, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Odell is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#203 · 1 in 1,445
- Arkansas#217 · 1 in 1,672
- South Carolina#259 · 1 in 2,179
- Tennessee#299 · 1 in 3,426
- North Carolina#332 · 1 in 4,218
Best ever in a state: #76 in South Carolina, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #203 | 20 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Arkansas | #217 | 12 | 1 in 1,672 |
| South Carolina | #259 | 14 | 1 in 2,179 |
| Tennessee | #299 | 12 | 1 in 3,426 |
| North Carolina | #332 | 13 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Missouri | #337 | 9 | 1 in 5,228 |
| Kentucky | #371 | 6 | 1 in 6,090 |
| Georgia | #372 | 10 | 1 in 4,903 |
| Alabama | #377 | 8 | 1 in 4,861 |
| Virginia | #398 | 7 | 1 in 6,200 |
| Illinois | #447 | 11 | 1 in 9,807 |
| Ohio | #495 | 8 | 1 in 13,785 |
| Louisiana | #540 | 5 | 1 in 8,140 |
| Texas | #658 | 11 | 1 in 10,995 |
| New York | #689 | 7 | 1 in 24,893 |
| California | #757 | 7 | 1 in 22,629 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Odell
- 175 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #4,396)
- 899 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #4,396)
- 11 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #4,396)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1900 (#583 → #419)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1974 (#860 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1906 at #293 (48 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 94 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1897–1973
- Highest: 1 in 2,774 boys born in 1906 were named Odell (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all boys named Odell (3,035) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1910, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #677 (1883) | #761 |
| 1890s | 64 | #583 (1899) | #746 |
| 1900s | 359 | #293 (1906) | #358 |
| 1910s | 1,847 | #308 (1911) | #344 |
| 1920s | 3,035 | #296 (1922) | #332 |
| 1930s | 2,459 | #317 (1932) | #353 |
| 1940s | 2,113 | #397 (1940) | #428 |
| 1950s | 1,769 | #477 (1950) | #551 |
| 1960s | 1,019 | #657 (1960) | #757 |
| 1970s | 726 | #806 (1970) | #1,007 |
| 1980s | 505 | #1,164 (1982) | #1,413 |
| 1990s | 369 | #1,589 (1991) | #2,289 |
| 2000s | 198 | #3,670 (2002) | #4,441 |
| 2010s | 238 | #2,840 (2017) | #4,520 |
| 2020s | 153 | #3,497 (2020) | #4,161 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Odell in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 122,205 of them was named Odell, which outranked 57.8% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,725Voncille17
- #2,725Windy17
- #2,725Yolande17
- #2,839Odell16
- #2,839Alaine16
- #2,839Alayne16
- #2,839Alease16
- #2,971Adena15
- #2,971Alan15
- #2,971Alina15
Tied with 131 names at #2,839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 10,899 of them was named Odell, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).