Odella — #12163 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Odella

The Social Security Administration has registered 821 babies named Odella between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odella currently holds the #12163 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Odella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 211 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Odella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Odella in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Odella 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 821 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.