Odis

Last seen for girls in 1944 at #3,687 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1910 · 55 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,229
since 1884

Odis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Odis has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #332, 1910boys
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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#5,86115
2024#6,19914
2023#6,89712
2022#7,26211
2021#7,58710
2020#4,54021
2019#7,17311
2018#7,13611
2017#5,52616
2016#10,7446
2015#8,0409
2014#12,1085
2013#12,1365
2012#9,7097
2011#6,57812
2010#7,59110
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#8,7328
2005#8,2998
2004
2003#7,8318
2002#9,3926
2001#7,5368
2000#6,8399
1999#7,1398
1998#6,3149
1997#4,05916
1996#7,9716
1995#4,50813
1994#3,59618
1993#3,66117
1992#5,23610
1991#4,76011
1990#2,78023
1989#2,78422
1988#3,35015
1987#2,40023
1986#2,77918
1985#3,59912
1984#1,72333
1983#1,71133
1982#2,11125
1981#2,03826
1980#1,61936
1979#1,83330
1978#1,79429
1977#2,00824
1976#1,46937
1975#1,70429
1974#1,47135
1973#1,51432
1972#1,23045
1971#1,15750
1970#1,25344
1969#1,26539
1968#1,03451
1967#1,11744
1966#99853
1965#1,05549
1964#97361
1963#1,10048
1962#1,14745
1961#93367
1960#92766
1959#94666
1958#92867
1957#95763
1956#84079
1955#74596
1954#77884
1953#707101
1952#75587
1951#70198
1950#662111
1949#77080
1948#640112
1947#598129
1946#68589
1945#586106
1944#3,6877#601104
1943#633101
1942#558121
1941#4,4205#532122
1940#4,3495#536120
1939#533116
1938#506133
1937#4,2555#526121
1936#545111
1935#512126
1934#3,8026#506131
1933#3,7536#484134
1932#3,2748#470149
1931#3,8486#478141
1930#485149
1929#3,6827#470156
1928#437187
1927#3,8757#419208
1926#3,5648#446185
1925#488156
1924#5,0615#452182
1923#4,3766#435195
1922#3,15210#436193
1921#5,0995#420208
1920#2,73112#431194
1919#4,8145#416198
1918#3,2449#471158
1917#3,3448#430174
1916#3,2588#402190
1915#441152
1914#2,4349#429125
1913#2,1649#415108
1912#2,9795#47468
1911#2,4635#37955
1910#33255
1909#34446
1908#49925
1907#45726
1906#50320
1905#46323
1904#1,8775#61214
1903#45121
1902#65112
1901#48716
1900#42428
1899#54813
1898#57314
1897#55614
1896#72210
1895#8727
1894#7309
1893#9076
1892#9566
1891
1890#7398
1889#9745
1888#64810
1887#9215
1886#8456
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Odis! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Odis
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 338 spots since 2024 (#6,199#5,861)
  • 1,321 spots since 2020 (#4,540#5,861)
  • 2,179 spots since 2015 (#8,040#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1888 (#921#648)
  • Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1889 (#648#974)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1910 at #332 (55 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1892–1961
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,531
  • Highest: 1 in 3,531 boys born in 1910 were named Odis (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.7% of all boys named Odis (1,864) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#648 (1888)#847
1890s87#548 (1899)#734
1900s231#344 (1909)#489
1910s1,283#332 (1910)#419
1920s1,864#419 (1927)#443
1930s1,311#470 (1932)#505
1940s1,084#532 (1941)#614
1950s852#662 (1950)#802
1960s523#927 (1960)#1,055
1970s355#1,157 (1971)#1,543
1980s243#1,619 (1980)#2,411
1990s131#2,780 (1990)#5,002
2000s58#6,839 (2000)#9,005
2010s92#5,526 (2017)#8,674
2020s83#4,540 (2020)#6,391

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.

Odis in 1940

girls
#4,349
5 births · 1 in 228,706 girls
boys
#536
120 births · 1 in 9,660 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #4,349Odis5

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #536Odis120
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 228,706 of them was named Odis, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odis
  1. #3,863Zilpha6
  2. #3,863Zoila6
  3. #3,863Zorina6
  4. #4,349Odis5
  5. #4,349Abelina5
  6. #4,349Adair5
  7. #4,349Adel5

Tied with 679 names at #4,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 9,660 of them was named Odis, which outranked 86.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odis
  1. #532Freeman121
  2. #532Monty121
  3. #532Thaddeus121
  4. #536Odis120
  5. #536Dannie120
  6. #536Silas120
  7. #539Jeremiah119
  8. #539Terrell119
  9. #541Davis118

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

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940