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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #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.

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 1918

girls
#1,091
45 births · 1 in 25,725 girls
boys
#831
62 births · 1 in 16,346 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #1,091Odie45

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #831Odie62
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 25,725 of them was named Odie, which outranked 80.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odie
  1. #1,073Venice46
  2. #1,073Veta46
  3. #1,073Vilma46
  4. #1,091Odie45
  5. #1,091Carmelita45
  6. #1,091Katy45
  7. #1,091Lorayne45
  8. #1,102Almira44
  9. #1,102Alvena44
  10. #1,102Amie44

Tied with 10 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 16,346 of them was named Odie, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odie
  1. #824Hayward63
  2. #824Issac63
  3. #824Sandy63
  4. #831Odie62
  5. #831Alford62
  6. #831Elgin62
  7. #831Hillard62
  8. #841Bonnie61
  9. #841Cleve61
  10. #841Clint61

Tied with 9 names at #831; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918