Odetta
Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.
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Meaning & Origin of Odetta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Odetta
Odetta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1900, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 22 births, good for #1,836 nationwide. About 22% of every Odetta on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Odetta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 628 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Odetta
Odetta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 628 births in the dataset. Odetta's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #1,836. Use the chart and map above to compare Odetta'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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