Odean
Odean is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Odean
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Odean is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Odean
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Odean as a girl name dates back to 1914, when 9 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 24 newborns named Odean — #1,730 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Odean on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Odean last appeared in the published SSA data in 1960, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 377 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Odean first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1915, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1930: 18 births, good for #1,753 nationwide. About 33% of every Odean on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Odean last appeared in the published SSA data in 1964, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 351 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Odean
Odean is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 377 births in the dataset. Odean's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,730. Use the chart and map above to compare Odean's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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