Odie

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891 · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 62.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1899 · 19 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,623
since 1880

Odie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #499, 1883peak #424, 1899girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,39917
2024—#8,9878
2023—#8,2559
2022—#10,8636
2021—#6,69812
2020—#9,5547
2019—#8,8898
2018—#12,1565
2017—#8,1409
2016—#9,6647
2015—#10,6446
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005—#11,4725
2004——
2003——
2002——
2001——
2000—#8,2097
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993——
1992—#7,4226
1991—#8,2365
1990—#5,3829
1989—#6,2297
1988——
1987—#4,9688
1986——
1985—#5,1477
1984—#4,5528
1983—#4,4998
1982—#6,3855
1981—#4,9617
1980—#3,43012
1979—#4,8427
1978—#3,21512
1977—#3,8369
1976—#3,09512
1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,31810
1973—#2,71613
1972—#2,99111
1971—#2,05220
1970—#2,89111
1969—#3,9356
1968—#2,73510
1967—#2,24213
1966—#2,32712
1965—#2,08415
1964—#2,11415
1963#5,8916#2,11515
1962#6,5785#2,8489
1961—#2,70610
1960#5,1687#1,81220
1959—#1,58825
1958#5,4086#1,76620
1957#4,9187#1,54726
1956—#1,82119
1955—#1,57224
1954#4,6557#1,38230
1953—#1,35731
1952#5,5635#1,24535
1951—#1,64321
1950—#1,46425
1949#4,2357#1,54423
1948#4,6516#1,48724
1947#3,24011#1,39428
1946#3,21710#1,23632
1945#3,3888#1,13933
1944#3,6877#1,52520
1943#2,69512#1,15535
1942#1,86021#1,33427
1941#2,01817#1,25428
1940#3,2088#1,13534
1939#2,12515#1,29726
1938#2,9409#1,07636
1937#2,44812#1,07436
1936#1,48025#1,20530
1935#2,09515#1,07836
1934#2,00316#1,11635
1933#2,40412#1,10335
1932#1,48826#99244
1931#1,19936#90151
1930#1,43429#1,29930
1929#1,82520#1,02644
1928#1,33833#1,07842
1927#1,13945#1,08043
1926#1,44931#1,06443
1925#1,21041#98448
1924#1,50331#87262
1923#1,78223#1,04146
1922#1,28537#99151
1921#1,18442#99150
1920#1,34934#86562
1919#1,04248#85959
1918#1,09145#83162
1917#1,02647#86454
1916#90456#86453
1915#95848#80457
1914#95638#98632
1913#88136#74539
1912#96028#78331
1911#76632#75918
1910#87724#63421
1909#73130#61519
1908#80923#65716
1907#76024#69914
1906#68928#59016
1905#79721#54918
1904#80520#53817
1903#76020#55016
1902#66725#74410
1901#65923#55913
1900#67628#57818
1899#51433#42419
1898#96313#61113
1897#69920#58413
1896#79017#51816
1895#65822#55614
1894#95011#46418
1893#73916#50914
1892#83013#68810
1891#1,0937#9635
1890#57820#62910
1889#64116#44617
1888#69014#8157
1887#7889#7527
1886#8977#60510
1885#8427#7657
1884#8517#57011
1883#49915#7207
1882#59610#57611
1881#7406#6538
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Odie was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Odie is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Odie
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3,588 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #5,399)
  • 4,155 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #5,399)
  • 5,245 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1931 (#1,299 → #901)
  • Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1891 (#629 → #963)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #424 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 63 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1880–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,590
  • Highest: 1 in 5,590 boys born in 1899 were named Odie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.7% of all boys named Odie (491) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1928
  • Mostly girls until 1927, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s93#446 (1889)#658
1890s132#424 (1899)#595
1900s157#538 (1904)#608
1910s426#634 (1910)#813
1920s491#865 (1920)#999
1930s359#901 (1931)#1,114
1940s284#1,135 (1940)#1,320
1950s256#1,245 (1952)#1,539
1960s125#1,812 (1960)#2,492
1970s112#2,052 (1971)#3,327
1980s62#3,430 (1980)#5,021
1990s20#5,382 (1990)#7,013
2000s12#8,209 (2000)#9,841
2010s35#8,140 (2017)#9,899
2020s59#5,399 (2025)#8,293

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.

Odie in 1899

girls
#514
33 births · 1 in 7,061 girls
boys
#424
19 births · 1 in 5,590 boys

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #514Odie33

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #424Odie19
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 7,061 of them was named Odie, which outranked 72.1% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odie
  1. #507Loraine34
  2. #507Manila34
  3. #507Maxine34
  4. #514Odie33
  5. #514Arlene33
  6. #514Celeste33
  7. #514Charlie33
  8. #526Beth32
  9. #526Eve32
  10. #526Gail32

Tied with 11 names at #514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 5,590 of them was named Odie, which outranked 64.7% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odie
  1. #415Jesus20
  2. #415Lemuel20
  3. #415Napoleon20
  4. #424Odie19
  5. #424Alford19
  6. #424Angelo19
  7. #424Archibald19
  8. #438Abner18
  9. #438Alphonse18
  10. #438Buford18

Tied with 13 names at #424; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 640Rogers#1,121 → #481
  2. ↑ 600Edna#1,121 → #521
  3. ↑ 545Giles#1,002 → #457
  4. ↑ 508Sarah#1,121 → #613
  5. ↑ 461Thaddeus#885 → #424
Fallers
  1. ↓ 566Jason#485 → #1,051
  2. ↓ 564Fitzhugh#364 → #928
  3. ↓ 508Oran#543 → #1,051
  4. ↓ 493Wilber#435 → #928
  5. ↓ 443Hosea#485 → #928

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899 →