Odie
Odie was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,545 among boys’ names; 4,212 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Odie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Odie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Odie is “a diminutive of the male given names Odell, Odin, Ogilvie, Otis, Odysseus, Odicea, Odoardo, and Odunayo, also used as a formal given name.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Odell, Odele, and Odette, also used as a formal given name.”
Separate origins as diminutives of British name Odell and Germanic name Odin; later used as nickname for additional given names.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Odie?
#5,545 among boys’ names, 2025
Odie rose from #11,704 in 2015 to #5,545 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 10.0 per million.
109 babies in 1916, the peak
Odie peaked in 1916, when 109 babies were given it (53 boys, #868 among boys’ names). The 17 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 17 | #5,545 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 8 | #9,618 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 9 | #8,732 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,910 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 12 | #6,983 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 7 | #10,294 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 8 | #9,499 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #13,569 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 9 | #8,639 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 7 | #10,424 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #11,704 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 5 | #12,810 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 7 | #8,857 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 6 | #8,160 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #9,199 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 9 | #5,686 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 7 | #6,727 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 8 | #5,302 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 7 | #5,578 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 8 | #4,850 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 8 | #4,790 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 5 | #7,068 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 7 | #5,326 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 12 | #3,556 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 7 | #5,209 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 12 | #3,344 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 9 | #4,066 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 12 | #3,207 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 7 | #4,651 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 10 | #3,502 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 13 | #2,819 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 11 | #3,096 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 20 | #2,099 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 11 | #3,016 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 6 | #4,272 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 10 | #2,860 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 13 | #2,315 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 12 | #2,422 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 15 | #2,144 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 15 | #2,170 | |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,392 | 15 | #2,174 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,275 | 9 | #2,992 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 10 | #2,837 | |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,558 | 20 | #1,845 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 25 | #1,614 | |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,917 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,242 | 26 | #1,570 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 19 | #1,871 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 24 | #1,598 | |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,016 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 31 | #1,372 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,177 | 35 | #1,263 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 21 | #1,668 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 25 | #1,487 | |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,544 | 23 | #1,570 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,100 | 24 | #1,508 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,392 | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,376 | 32 | #1,252 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,604 | 33 | #1,157 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,968 | 20 | #1,565 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,810 | 35 | #1,168 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,904 | 27 | #1,351 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,075 | 28 | #1,269 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,430 | 34 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,188 | 26 | #1,314 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,117 | 36 | #1,088 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,539 | 36 | #1,088 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,496 | 30 | #1,219 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,186 | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,065 | 35 | #1,128 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,509 | 35 | #1,120 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,510 | 44 | #1,001 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,219 | 51 | #907 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,453 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,877 | 44 | #1,040 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,361 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,155 | 43 | #1,095 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,476 | 43 | #1,083 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,221 | 48 | #994 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,524 | 62 | #881 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,818 | 46 | #1,054 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,301 | 51 | #995 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,196 | 50 | #999 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,370 | 62 | #874 |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,052 | 59 | #864 |
| 1918 | 45 | #1,097 | 62 | #837 |
| 1917 | 47 | #1,036 | 54 | #870 |
| 1916 | 56 | #912 | 53 | #868 |
| 1915 | 48 | #964 | 57 | #811 |
| 1914 | 38 | #965 | 32 | #995 |
| 1913 | 36 | #896 | 39 | #755 |
| 1912 | 28 | #969 | 31 | #792 |
| 1911 | 32 | #776 | 18 | #784 |
| 1910 | 24 | #894 | 21 | #649 |
| 1909 | 30 | #743 | 19 | #630 |
| 1908 | 23 | #823 | 16 | #677 |
| 1907 | 24 | #770 | 14 | #727 |
| 1906 | 28 | #697 | 16 | #608 |
| 1905 | 21 | #819 | 18 | #562 |
| 1904 | 20 | #825 | 17 | #555 |
| 1903 | 20 | #784 | 16 | #567 |
| 1902 | 25 | #685 | 10 | #778 |
| 1901 | 23 | #680 | 13 | #581 |
| 1900 | 28 | #684 | 18 | #598 |
| 1899 | 33 | #522 | 19 | #432 |
| 1898 | 13 | #1,001 | 13 | #625 |
| 1897 | 20 | #710 | 13 | #608 |
| 1896 | 17 | #807 | 16 | #528 |
| 1895 | 22 | #678 | 14 | #573 |
| 1894 | 11 | #984 | 18 | #476 |
| 1893 | 16 | #758 | 14 | #526 |
| 1892 | 13 | #853 | 10 | #735 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,181 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1890 | 20 | #595 | 10 | #656 |
| 1889 | 16 | #654 | 17 | #457 |
| 1888 | 14 | #714 | 7 | #892 |
| 1887 | 9 | #836 | 7 | #807 |
| 1886 | 7 | #968 | 10 | #633 |
| 1885 | 7 | #899 | 7 | #818 |
| 1884 | 7 | #906 | 11 | #596 |
| 1883 | 15 | #510 | 7 | #780 |
| 1882 | 10 | #627 | 11 | #596 |
| 1881 | 6 | #801 | 8 | #686 |
| 1880 | under 5 | 8 | #723 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Odie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,212 Americans recorded as Odie, 38% are girls and 62% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Odie every year since 1917. In 2025 it went to 17 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Odie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Odie, and how old are they?
An estimated 853 Americans named Odie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 50 and 79. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 930 people named Odie (237 women and girls, 693 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,035 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Odie born?
The states with the most babies named Odie are Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 295 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Texas | 272 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 222 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Arkansas | 143 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Alabama | 116 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Oklahoma | 43 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 32 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 21 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Odie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Odie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Odie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 5,115 babies since 1880, Odie is the most given (82% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 44 babies (39%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Odie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Elzie | 4,531 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Odie and names like it
- Compare Odie and OddieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sOdie peaked in 1916.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Odie since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Odie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Odie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.