Oda

Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · Last seen for boys in 1956 at #3,216
Given to girls 81.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1889 · 26 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,324
since 1880

Oda over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #486, 1889peak #706, 1881girlsboys
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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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1962#6,5785
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1956#3,2167
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1952#5,5635
1951#4,8336
1950#3,9628
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1947#4,0078
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1945#2,91610
1944
1943#3,8017#3,2316
1942#2,66612
1941#3,2528#3,5055
1940#2,57211
1939#3,4297#2,8297
1938#2,34013#3,5345
1937#2,6808
1936#2,52111
1935#2,00616#2,9517
1934#2,9239#3,6795
1933#2,68810#2,36810
1932#1,63422#3,7765
1931#2,42712#3,3906
1930#2,30614#2,7819
1929#1,64223#3,9595
1928#1,73823#3,0768
1927#1,77123#3,7806
1926#1,54128#2,56611
1925#1,57628#2,31313
1924#1,20643#3,5057
1923#1,73624#2,44612
1922#1,43032#2,34713
1921#1,27637#2,37613
1920#1,23339#2,76510
1919#1,19439#2,66510
1918#1,12643#2,8829
1917#1,55224#2,56210
1916#1,24633#2,15213
1915#1,28530#2,45810
1914#1,30323#1,97511
1913#1,30819#2,4966
1912#86833#2,2696
1911#85325
1910#91422#1,3147
1909#79126
1908#97017
1907#1,03714
1906#76523
1905#1,05713
1904#70025
1903#68024
1902#62328#1,1375
1901#68422
1900#78022#1,1626
1899#64423
1898#79018
1897#59426
1896#65123#1,1015
1895#60725
1894#56826#9546
1893#66219
1892#66619
1891#62418
1890#69315
1889#48626
1888#75312
1887#66112
1886#8977
1885#69510
1884#64011#8486
1883#57911
1882#8136
1881#5829#7067
1880#5809#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Oda was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Oda is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Oda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
  • Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1906 (#1,057#765)
  • Biggest drop: 440 spots in 1913 (#868#1,308)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #486 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1905, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1904
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,860
  • Highest: 1 in 6,860 girls born in 1889 were named Oda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 393,321 girls born in 1962 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.7% of all girls named Oda (300) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1962
  • Mostly boys until 1961, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s113#486 (1889)#669
1890s212#568 (1894)#650
1900s214#623 (1902)#809
1910s291#853 (1911)#1,165
1920s300#1,206 (1924)#1,515
1930s114#1,634 (1932)#2,475
1940s56#2,572 (1940)#3,202
1950s19#3,962 (1950)#4,786
1960s5#6,578 (1962)#6,578

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.

Oda in 1906

girls
#765
23 births · 1 in 12,839 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #765Oda23
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 12,839 of them was named Oda, which outranked 65.5% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oda
  1. #742Rozella24
  2. #742Tressa24
  3. #742Trudie24
  4. #765Oda23
  5. #765Adaline23
  6. #765Ardella23
  7. #765Augustine23
  8. #776Adelina22
  9. #776Donnie22
  10. #776Edwina22

Tied with 10 names at #765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 1,036Lavera#1,931#895
  2. 1,014Luberta#1,931#917
  3. 1,014Williemae#1,931#917
  4. 851Evelyne#1,696#845
  5. 851Gregoria#1,696#845
Fallers
  1. 1,126Dulcie#825#1,951
  2. 1,051Zelpha#900#1,951
  3. 930Sydney#797#1,727
  4. 855Lester#872#1,727
  5. 801Alvira#926#1,727

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

See the top 100 for 1906