first name
ODELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,966 people named Odell, 71.2% reported their origin as Black, 20.9% as White and 3.2% as two or more races. 86.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Odell peaked in 1922, when 534 babies got the name.
At least 19,034 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Odell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #565. The largest share of babies named Odell, 38.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Odell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Odell has been most common in South Carolina (7.9×), Mississippi (7.6×), and Arkansas (6.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.08×).
13,603 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Odell
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Odell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Odell ranks #1,180 of 156,621, with 29,381 people. See Odell as a last name
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