Unisex name · since 1984
Ody
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Ody, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,868 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ody sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 12 recorded since 1984.
Ody has 12 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 1987.
- #32,868 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ody ranks #32,868 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #32,868 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ody's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ody's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ody splits its recorded history at 1987: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ody popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1987
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Ody popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1961 (Ody as girls' name)
Ody by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Ody's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ody births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ody: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~3 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, 1984–1987 (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 Ody 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.