Odeal — girls' name

What the Data Says About Odeal

The Social Security Administration has registered 315 babies named Odeal between 1900 and 1951, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odeal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Odeal performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Odeal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Odeal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Odeal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 315 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.