Odeth — girls' name
63 babies named Odeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Odeth was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Odeth in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Odeth
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Odeth between 1995 and 2013, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odeth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Odeth performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Odeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Odeth in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Odeth 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 63 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.
Odeth at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Odeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1995
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
63 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
Odeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 40 births that decade — 63% of Odeth's all-time total
Odeth decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Odeth's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Odeth by state
Where Odeth concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 7.9% |
5 of 63 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.