Odell
Odell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 296th, in 1906, 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1922367 births
- Best rank
- #296first in 1906
- Since 1883
- 19,011people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,860 boys have been named Odell in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 367 births.
The name has all but left use: 22 births in 2024, against 367 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 84 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Odell is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (4,151), most of them born around 1921.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Odell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | |
| 1890s | 64 | |
| 1900s | 359 | |
| 1910s | 1,847 | |
| 1920s | 3,035 | |
| 1930s | 2,459 | |
| 1940s | 2,113 | |
| 1950s | 1,769 | |
| 1960s | 1,019 | |
| 1970s | 726 | |
| 1980s | 505 | |
| 1990s | 369 | |
| 2000s | 198 | |
| 2010s | 238 | |
| 2020s | 130 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Odell was the 296th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Odell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leamonpeak 1921
- Hershelpeak 1924
- Rudolfpeak 1927
- Odispeak 1921
- Johneypeak 1919
- Altonpeak 1937
- Foypeak 1921
- Cletuspeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.