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

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Peak · boys
1906 · 48 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,883
since 1883

Odell over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #472, 1910peak #293, 1906girlsboys
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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#4,39623
2024#4,57122
2023#4,22025
2022#4,70121
2021#3,58231
2020#3,49731
2019#3,89927
2018#3,24035
2017#15,9025#2,84042
2016#3,59630
2015#4,40722
2014#4,53821
2013#4,98118
2012#5,72015
2011#5,94514
2010#6,03614
2009#6,43613
2008#4,26723
2007#4,37522
2006#4,10523
2005#4,82417
2004#4,42119
2003#4,27619
2002#3,67023
2001#3,97420
2000#4,06619
1999#2,93928
1998#3,01726
1997#2,90326
1996#2,38033
1995#2,44431
1994#2,08239
1993#2,05039
1992#1,82045
1991#1,58953
1990#1,66249
1989#1,70545
1988#1,73140
1987#1,63642
1986#1,53543
1985#1,38949
1984#1,44444
1983#1,16660
1982#1,16462
1981#1,17761
1980#1,18759
1979#1,19358
1978#1,17757
1977#1,11361
1976#1,12357
1975#1,06561
1974#1,04562
1973#6,6667#86085
1972#83792
1971#6,6197#84892
1970#806101
1969#7,4715#85680
1968#720109
1967#4,9828#78686
1966#81280
1965#78689
1964#5,0088#737109
1963#2,61922#79990
1962#3,29315#721113
1961#5,3097#692122
1960#4,7738#657141
1959#3,43613#660135
1958#2,86217#603162
1957#3,30913#590169
1956#3,04815#607156
1955#2,83916#535189
1954#2,29522#551175
1953#1,75832#499196
1952#1,82030#499200
1951#1,96825#489193
1950#2,12121#477194
1949#1,56435#448221
1948#1,77828#446222
1947#1,86327#444226
1946#1,55932#435210
1945#1,45031#418205
1944#1,18844#433198
1943#1,66426#416221
1942#1,27839#427205
1941#1,27136#416197
1940#1,24235#397208
1939#1,10242#386213
1938#1,26833#363235
1937#1,01848#379213
1936#1,00347#368218
1935#80571#349250
1934#90557#342256
1933#82665#347242
1932#73484#317300
1931#75079#333265
1930#69598#344267
1929#691103#324292
1928#72495#345274
1927#678114#330300
1926#644125#367252
1925#599146#322313
1924#628143#354281
1923#590150#338296
1922#550167#296367
1921#542171#326324
1920#575156#313336
1919#562151#318305
1918#616132#368253
1917#548150#345259
1916#522158#349237
1915#582125#347237
1914#505122#348180
1913#55186#363131
1912#55079#367112
1911#53162#30876
1910#47272#32657
1909#52252#33049
1908#55745#30352
1907#54544#35938
1906#52843#29348
1905#62032#38430
1904#64029#34434
1903#93114#35330
1902#79719#36030
1901#82916#43319
1900#65629#41929
1899#1,03410#58312
1898#1,00912#70110
1897#98211#58413
1896#90313
1895#1,5925#8727
1894#8577
1893
1892#95810#9566
1891
1890#6679
1889#1,0257#7897
1888#8157
1887
1886
1885
1884#7647
1883#6778
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

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.

See more about Odell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1906 at #293 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 94 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1897–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,774
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.4% of all boys named Odell (3,035) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1911
  • Mostly girls until 1910, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s29#677 (1883)#761
1890s64#583 (1899)#746
1900s359#293 (1906)#358
1910s1,847#308 (1911)#344
1920s3,035#296 (1922)#332
1930s2,459#317 (1932)#353
1940s2,113#397 (1940)#428
1950s1,769#477 (1950)#551
1960s1,019#657 (1960)#757
1970s726#806 (1970)#1,007
1980s505#1,164 (1982)#1,413
1990s369#1,589 (1991)#2,289
2000s198#3,670 (2002)#4,441
2010s238#2,840 (2017)#4,520
2020s153#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 1957

girls
#3,309
13 births · 1 in 157,296 girls
boys
#590
169 births · 1 in 12,765 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #3,309Odell13

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #590Odell169
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 157,296 of them was named Odell, which outranked 52.8% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odell
  1. #3,150Yetta14
  2. #3,150Yevette14
  3. #3,150Youlanda14
  4. #3,309Odell13
  5. #3,309Aleatha13
  6. #3,309Aleen13
  7. #3,309Alfred13
  8. #3,489Alvenia12
  9. #3,489Alyse12
  10. #3,489Ammie12

Tied with 179 names at #3,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 12,765 of them was named Odell, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odell
  1. #587Donn171
  2. #587Jonathon171
  3. #587Kermit171
  4. #590Odell169
  5. #590Jasper169
  6. #590Ward169
  7. #590Winfred169
  8. #594Wiley168
  9. #595Roman167
  10. #595Zane167

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957