Odilon — #12495 US boys' name
132 babies named Odilon in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Odilon was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Odilon in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Odilon
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Odilon between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Odilon currently holds the #12495 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Odilon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Odilon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Odilon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Odilon 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 132 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.
Odilon at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Odilon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #12495 among boys.
132 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 8 births in a single year.
Odilon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 45 births that decade — 34% of Odilon's all-time total
Odilon decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Odilon's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Odilon by state
Where Odilon concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 132 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.8% 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, 1925–2024 (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.