Odes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Odes

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Odes between 1888 and 1955, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Odes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Odes performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Odes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Odes in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Odes 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 367 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.