Unisex name · since 1914
Odean
377 babies named Odean in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,020 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 377
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Odean is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 377 have been recorded since 1914.
Odean has 377 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1960.
- #14,020 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 377 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Odean ranks #14,020 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 377 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,020 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 377
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Odean's 377 recorded births place it above 80.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
Odean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Odean's full recorded timeline at 1931, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Odean popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1960
- Peak year (1922)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Odean popularity over time - boys
351 total births recorded since 1915 (Odean as boys' name)
Odean by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (160 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Odean's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Odean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 60
1910s
60 births
- 1920s
1920s
160 births
- 1930s
1930s
93 births
- 1940s 48
1940s
48 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 160 births (42% of all-time use).
Odean by state
Where Odean concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 19 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.3% |
19 of 377 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Odean's decade-level peak was the 1920s (160 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Odeans (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Odean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Odean draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.