Odene
The Story of Odene
As a girl name
Odene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 8 births, good for #3,452 nationwide. About 47% of every Odene on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Odene last appeared in the published SSA data in 1930, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Odene as a boy name dates back to 1922, when 5 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Odene — #4,307 in the national rankings. Odene last appeared in the published SSA data in 1922, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Odene
Odene is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Odene's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #3,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Odene'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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