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

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #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——
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2012——
2011——
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2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005—#11,4725
2004——
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2001——
2000—#8,2097
1999——
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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 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #468 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,264 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #369 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,979 boysARTennessee: #299 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,746 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #359 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,104 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedHITexas: #643 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,542 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Odie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#299 · 1 in 2,746
  2. Mississippi#359 · 1 in 3,104
  3. Arkansas#369 · 1 in 2,979
  4. Kentucky#468 · 1 in 5,264
  5. Texas#643 · 1 in 6,542

Best ever in a state: #159 in Mississippi, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#29991 in 2,746
Mississippi#35961 in 3,104
Arkansas#36961 in 2,979
Kentucky#46851 in 5,264
Texas#64381 in 6,542
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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 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 1921

girls
#1,184
42 births · 1 in 29,359 girls
boys
#991
50 births · 1 in 22,029 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #1,184Odie42

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #991Odie50
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 29,359 of them was named Odie, which outranked 79.8% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odie
  1. #1,168Shizuko43
  2. #1,168Trudie43
  3. #1,168Veva43
  4. #1,184Odie42
  5. #1,184Ailene42
  6. #1,184Aleene42
  7. #1,184Ardath42
  8. #1,205Allean41
  9. #1,205Alleen41
  10. #1,205Cleopatra41

Tied with 20 names at #1,184; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 22,029 of them was named Odie, which outranked 80.1% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odie
  1. #981Ocie51
  2. #981Reinhold51
  3. #981Williams51
  4. #991Odie50
  5. #991Adolf50
  6. #991Art50
  7. #991Fidel50
  8. #1,002Abram49
  9. #1,002Eloy49
  10. #1,002Fernand49

Tied with 10 names at #991; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921 →