Odetta

Peak · girls
1933 · 19 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
628
since 1900

Odetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Odetta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,773, 1933girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2024#15,2935
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2022#15,3065
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1976#7,2967
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1974#5,36010
1973#6,6667
1972#6,5587
1971#3,78916
1970#4,76111
1969#5,9747
1968#5,1478
1967#3,84512
1966#4,4939
1965#5,8176
1964#3,51514
1963#2,96018
1962#4,5339
1961#3,46014
1960#3,09516
1959#6,2455
1958—
1957#5,3776
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1955#5,8285
1954#4,2788
1953#4,2268
1952#5,5635
1951#4,3857
1950#3,05212
1949#5,2445
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1946#4,4176
1945#4,5565
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1943#3,2499
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1941#3,2528
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1939#4,2505
1938#2,73010
1937#3,8006
1936#3,7016
1935#2,73110
1934#3,4497
1933#1,77319
1932#3,5687
1931#2,9729
1930#2,30614
1929#3,1379
1928#3,7437
1927#3,5618
1926#2,35115
1925#2,28316
1924#1,92621
1923#2,36615
1922#1,83622
1921#2,50914
1920#2,59013
1919#2,38414
1918#2,20916
1917#1,84719
1916#2,02816
1915#2,52611
1914#2,12511
1913#2,03410
1912#2,9795
1911#1,7928
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1907#2,0615
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1904#1,8775
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1900#1,9325
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Odetta! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Odetta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Odetta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Odetta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1933 at #1,773 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52,289
  • Highest: 1 in 52,289 girls born in 1911 were named Odetta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,773 in 1933, was only 1 in 53,049 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Odetta (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s15#1,877 (1904)#1,957
1910s110#1,792 (1911)#2,214
1920s140#1,836 (1922)#2,630
1930s93#1,773 (1933)#3,128
1940s33#3,249 (1943)#4,144
1950s56#3,052 (1950)#4,869
1960s113#2,960 (1963)#4,284
1970s58#3,789 (1971)#5,738
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s10#15,293 (2024)#15,300

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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