Unisex name · since 1918
Odene
36 babies named Odene in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
36 girls have been named Odene since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Odene has 36 recorded births among girls since 1918, 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 1918 to 1930.
- #38,909 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Odene ranks #38,909 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #38,909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Odene's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Odene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Odene splits its recorded history at 1928: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Odene popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1930
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Odene popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1922 (Odene as boys' name)
Odene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (17 births, 47% of the file).
1920s was Odene's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Odene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
14 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 17 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Odene's data
- Odene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Odene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1918–1930 (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 Odene 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.