# Odie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/odie/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,212 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,623 / 1,589 (38% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Separate origins as diminutives of British name Odell and Germanic name Odin; later used as nickname for additional given names.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 21 | 1,905 |
| 1943 | 12 | 2,811 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,970 |
| 1945 | 8 | 3,606 |
| 1946 | 10 | 3,377 |
| 1947 | 11 | 3,394 |
| 1948 | 6 | 5,102 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4,545 |
| 1952 | 5 | 6,179 |
| 1954 | 7 | 5,018 |
| 1957 | 7 | 5,243 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5,918 |
| 1960 | 7 | 5,559 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,276 |
| 1963 | 6 | 6,393 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | 9,206 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,167 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,865 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,818 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,710 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,429 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,644 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,575 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,504 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,300 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,988 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,916 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,737 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,623 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,547 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Odie

- Odie Cleghorn, Canadian ice hockey player (1891–1956)

## 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.