Odus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Odus

The Social Security Administration has registered 596 babies named Odus between 1895 and 1979, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Odus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Odus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Odus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Odus in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Odus 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 596 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.