Odin
- #501 for boys in 2025, 604 births
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 1,009 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,282since 1884
Odin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Odin has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #501 | 604 |
| 2024 | #476 | 645 |
| 2023 | #361 | 903 |
| 2022 | #331 | 1,023 |
| 2021 | #327 | 1,009 |
| 2020 | #331 | 992 |
| 2019 | #331 | 1,011 |
| 2018 | #336 | 999 |
| 2017 | #365 | 903 |
| 2016 | #383 | 836 |
| 2015 | #444 | 690 |
| 2014 | #475 | 604 |
| 2013 | #572 | 453 |
| 2012 | #638 | 375 |
| 2011 | #718 | 317 |
| 2010 | #857 | 247 |
| 2009 | #982 | 202 |
| 2008 | #983 | 202 |
| 2007 | #1,038 | 181 |
| 2006 | #1,284 | 130 |
| 2005 | #1,381 | 108 |
| 2004 | #1,359 | 107 |
| 2003 | #1,356 | 100 |
| 2002 | #1,459 | 87 |
| 2001 | #2,086 | 50 |
| 2000 | #2,298 | 42 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
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| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
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| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
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| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Odin! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Odin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Wyoming#89 · 1 in 218
- South Dakota#127 · 1 in 384
- North Dakota#152 · 1 in 420
- Minnesota#186 · 1 in 700
- Wisconsin#262 · 1 in 1,065
Best ever in a state: #60 in South Dakota, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #89 | 5 | 1 in 218 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| North Dakota | #152 | 8 | 1 in 420 |
| Minnesota | #186 | 35 | 1 in 700 |
| Wisconsin | #262 | 22 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Michigan | #307 | 31 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Ohio | #340 | 33 | 1 in 1,592 |
| Colorado | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Washington | #351 | 21 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Oregon | #398 | 9 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 11 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Missouri | #439 | 14 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Pennsylvania | #442 | 23 | 1 in 2,272 |
| Florida | #458 | 40 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Utah | #473 | 9 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Kentucky | #485 | 9 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Arizona | #491 | 14 | 1 in 2,337 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Illinois | #500 | 20 | 1 in 2,478 |
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Indiana | #512 | 13 | 1 in 2,436 |
| California | #521 | 59 | 1 in 2,974 |
| Virginia | #563 | 13 | 1 in 2,866 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Texas | #677 | 43 | 1 in 4,071 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| New York | #844 | 16 | 1 in 5,276 |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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 Odin
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 170 spots since 2020 (#331 → #501)
- Biggest jump: 139 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 2021 at #327 (1,009 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,707
- Highest: 1 in 1,707 boys born in 2022 were named Odin (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,828 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #327 in 2021, was only 1 in 1,734 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 48.4% of all boys named Odin (6,435) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #848 (1884) | #848 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,185 |
| 1910s | 88 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,179 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,755 (1925) | #3,408 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,289 (1930) | #3,533 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,231 (1943) | #3,331 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,724 |
| 1970s | 66 | #3,152 (1972) | #4,376 |
| 1980s | 67 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,115 |
| 1990s | 118 | #3,326 (1994) | #5,362 |
| 2000s | 1,209 | #982 (2009) | #1,423 |
| 2010s | 6,435 | #331 (2019) | #512 |
| 2020s | 5,176 | #327 (2021) | #388 |
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.
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