Girls' name · since 1894
Odette
Odette has 4,239 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #881 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,239
- born since 1894
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Odette is the #881 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,239 recorded since 1894.
Social Security Administration records show Odette recorded 4,239 times among girls since 1894, holding rank #881 nationally today, ahead of 95% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2025.
- #2,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #881 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,239 born since 1894
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Odette ranks #2,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #881 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,239 born since 1894, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #881 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,239
- born since 1894
- 2020s
- peak decade
Odette's 4,239 recorded births place it above 96.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Odette compares
4,239 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Odette's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Odette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,239 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 303 | 21 | 19,840 |
Odette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Odette's full recorded timeline at 1961, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1901, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 303 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Odette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 303
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Odette by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,156 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Odette's strongest decade.
1,156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Odette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 45
1890s
45 births
- 1900s 90
1900s
90 births
- 1910s 195
1910s
195 births
- 1920s 299
1920s
299 births
- 1930s 155
1930s
155 births
- 1940s 154
1940s
154 births
- 1950s 292
1950s
292 births
- 1960s 300
1960s
300 births
- 1970s 204
1970s
204 births
- 1980s 135
1980s
135 births
- 1990s 172
1990s
172 births
- 2000s 339
2000s
339 births
- 2010s
2010s
703 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,156 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,156 births (27% of all-time use).
How Odette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Odette's total volume
Odette by state
Where Odette concentrates geographically, total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 467 | 11.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 296 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 279 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 213 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 92 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 61 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 56 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 45 | 1.1% |
467 of 4,239 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Odette appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Odettes (467 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Odette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~131 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, 1894–2025 (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 Odette 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.