# Odette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/odette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Odetta |
| US babies named this | 4,239 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,239 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 355, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 3,340 |
| 2012 | 40 | 3,898 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,864 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,176 |
| 2015 | 87 | 2,188 |
| 2016 | 78 | 2,407 |
| 2017 | 104 | 1,940 |
| 2018 | 98 | 2,011 |
| 2019 | 116 | 1,768 |
| 2020 | 145 | 1,481 |
| 2021 | 150 | 1,435 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,315 |
| 2023 | 183 | 1,261 |
| 2024 | 195 | 1,216 |
| 2025 | 303 | 883 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 34 | 1,021 |
| 2025 | 40 | 872 |

## People named Odette

- Odette Annable, American actress
- Odette Bancilhon, astronomer (1908–1993)
- Odette Joyeux, French writer and actor (1914–2000)
- Odette Hallowes, French resistance member (1912-1995)
- Odette Myrtil, French actor (1898-1978)
- Odette Laure, French actress and singer (1917–2004)
- Odette Krempin, Congolese busnesswoman (1973–2016)
- Odette Keun, Dutch journalist
- Odette du Puigaudeau, French ethnologist (1894–1991)
- Odette Mistoul, Gabonese athletics competitor
- Odette Babandoa Etoa, Congolese politician
- Odette Dulac, French actress, singer and diseuse (1865-1939)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.