Meaning not yet researched.
Odell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 23 in 2025. Its best rank was #296 in 1922.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #296 in 1922; #4,495 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Odell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,495 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1922, at #296.
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Odell: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 23 boys in 2025. Peak: #296 in 1922 · most boys in one year: 367 (1922).
In 2025, 23 US boys were named Odell, making it the 4,495th most common boys’ name of the year, up 171 places from #4,666 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 22 boys named Odell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #296, reached in 1922. That year also had the most boys given the name: 367. For comparison, it was #4,509 in 2015 and #479 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Odell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #478, reached in 1910. The most girls given the name in a single year was 171, in 1921. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,169 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Odell in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 8 babies. In all, 19,034 US babies have been given the name, 22% of them girls and 78% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,405 babies named Odell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 287 US boys were named Odell; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 42. In 2025 that was about 1 in 74,264 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Odile, Udell and Odelle are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Odo.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Odile (788), Udell (623), Odelle (434), Odeal (315), Odel (186).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 23 | #4,495 |
| 2024 | — | — | 22 | #4,666 |
| 2023 | — | — | 25 | #4,306 |
| 2022 | — | — | 21 | #4,809 |
| 2021 | — | — | 31 | #3,628 |
| 2020 | — | — | 31 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | — | — | 27 | #3,968 |
| 2018 | — | — | 35 | #3,284 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,775 | 42 | #2,876 |
| 2016 | — | — | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2015 | — | — | 22 | #4,509 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,657 |
| 2013 | — | — | 18 | #5,116 |
| 2012 | — | — | 15 | #5,907 |
| 2011 | — | — | 14 | #6,162 |
| 2010 | — | — | 14 | #6,283 |
| 2009 | — | — | 13 | #6,712 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,354 |
| 2007 | — | — | 22 | #4,463 |
| 2006 | — | — | 23 | #4,189 |
| 2005 | — | — | 17 | #4,971 |
| 2004 | — | — | 19 | #4,551 |
| 2003 | — | — | 19 | #4,384 |
| 2002 | — | — | 23 | #3,745 |
| 2001 | — | — | 20 | #4,073 |
| 2000 | — | — | 19 | #4,169 |
| 1999 | — | — | 28 | #3,004 |
| 1998 | — | — | 26 | #3,068 |
| 1997 | — | — | 26 | #2,959 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,415 |
| 1995 | — | — | 31 | #2,482 |
| 1994 | — | — | 39 | #2,110 |
| 1993 | — | — | 39 | #2,075 |
| 1992 | — | — | 45 | #1,832 |
| 1991 | — | — | 53 | #1,606 |
| 1990 | — | — | 49 | #1,681 |
| 1989 | — | — | 45 | #1,727 |
| 1988 | — | — | 40 | #1,761 |
| 1987 | — | — | 42 | #1,647 |
| 1986 | — | — | 43 | #1,554 |
| 1985 | — | — | 49 | #1,407 |
| 1984 | — | — | 44 | #1,455 |
| 1983 | — | — | 60 | #1,176 |
| 1982 | — | — | 62 | #1,175 |
| 1981 | — | — | 61 | #1,185 |
| 1980 | — | — | 59 | #1,199 |
| 1979 | — | — | 58 | #1,204 |
| 1978 | — | — | 57 | #1,182 |
| 1977 | — | — | 61 | #1,116 |
| 1976 | — | — | 57 | #1,139 |
| 1975 | — | — | 61 | #1,077 |
| 1974 | — | — | 62 | #1,050 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,199 | 85 | #864 |
| 1972 | — | — | 92 | #840 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,134 | 92 | #854 |
| 1970 | — | — | 101 | #808 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,307 | 80 | #860 |
| 1968 | — | — | 109 | #722 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,312 | 86 | #790 |
| 1966 | — | — | 80 | #816 |
| 1965 | — | — | 89 | #788 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,333 | 109 | #739 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,679 | 90 | #802 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,392 | 113 | #723 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,688 | 122 | #692 |
| 1960 | 8 | #5,061 | 141 | #660 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,573 | 135 | #661 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,938 | 162 | #605 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,441 | 169 | #591 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,139 | 156 | #607 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,929 | 189 | #537 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,354 | 175 | #552 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,773 | 196 | #500 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,848 | 200 | #499 |
| 1951 | 25 | #2,007 | 193 | #489 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,169 | 194 | #479 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,588 | 221 | #448 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,811 | 222 | #447 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,890 | 226 | #446 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,578 | 210 | #437 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,473 | 205 | #419 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,197 | 198 | #433 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,692 | 221 | #417 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,294 | 205 | #427 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,286 | 197 | #416 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,266 | 208 | #397 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,123 | 213 | #387 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,284 | 235 | #364 |
| 1937 | 48 | #1,028 | 213 | #379 |
| 1936 | 47 | #1,021 | 218 | #368 |
| 1935 | 71 | #810 | 250 | #349 |
| 1934 | 57 | #914 | 256 | #342 |
| 1933 | 65 | #832 | 242 | #347 |
| 1932 | 84 | #738 | 300 | #319 |
| 1931 | 79 | #756 | 265 | #333 |
| 1930 | 98 | #698 | 267 | #345 |
| 1929 | 103 | #693 | 292 | #324 |
| 1928 | 95 | #729 | 274 | #346 |
| 1927 | 114 | #681 | 300 | #330 |
| 1926 | 125 | #645 | 252 | #367 |
| 1925 | 146 | #601 | 313 | #323 |
| 1924 | 143 | #629 | 281 | #355 |
| 1923 | 150 | #591 | 296 | #338 |
| 1922 | 167 | #551 | 367 | #296 |
| 1921 | 171 | #542 | 324 | #326 |
| 1920 | 156 | #575 | 336 | #313 |
| 1919 | 151 | #563 | 305 | #318 |
| 1918 | 132 | #617 | 253 | #368 |
| 1917 | 150 | #549 | 259 | #345 |
| 1916 | 158 | #523 | 237 | #349 |
| 1915 | 125 | #582 | 237 | #347 |
| 1914 | 122 | #506 | 180 | #348 |
| 1913 | 86 | #555 | 131 | #364 |
| 1912 | 79 | #551 | 112 | #367 |
| 1911 | 62 | #533 | 76 | #310 |
| 1910 | 72 | #478 | 57 | #326 |
| 1909 | 52 | #527 | 49 | #331 |
| 1908 | 45 | #559 | 52 | #305 |
| 1907 | 44 | #551 | 38 | #363 |
| 1906 | 43 | #538 | 48 | #296 |
| 1905 | 32 | #630 | 30 | #388 |
| 1904 | 29 | #650 | 34 | #347 |
| 1903 | 14 | #961 | 30 | #356 |
| 1902 | 19 | #813 | 30 | #364 |
| 1901 | 16 | #849 | 19 | #447 |
| 1900 | 29 | #671 | 29 | #422 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,082 | 12 | #604 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,035 | 10 | #731 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,020 | 13 | #607 |
| 1896 | 13 | #939 | — | — |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,753 | 7 | #952 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #929 |
| 1892 | 10 | #1,000 | 6 | #1,042 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #722 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,108 | 7 | #863 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #891 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #825 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #706 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).