How rare is the name Odette?

4,420 people in the United States have the first name Odette, about 1 in 68,333. It ranks #4,296 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ODETTE

#4,296

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,420
About
1 in 68,333
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,420 people named Odette, 37.1% reported their origin as White, 30.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 24.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Odette peaked in 2025, when 303 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18942025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
303
In 2025*
303
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,239 babies have been given the name since 1894. 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.

Odette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #2,047. The largest share of babies named Odette, 41.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,26945
1900s#2,04790
1910s#2,703195
1920s#2,679299
1930s#3,638155
1940s#3,918154
1950s#3,229292
1960s#3,490300
1970s#5,284204
1980s#8,233135
1990s#8,974172
2000s#7,008339
2010s#4,453703
2020s#2,2881,156
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.5%
Silent Generation 1928–456.6%
Baby boom 1946–6413.1%
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–965.7%
Generation Z 1997–1211.8%
2013 and later41.3%

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 Odette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Odette has been most common in Louisiana (6.5×), Arizona (2.7×), and California (2.6×), and least common in Illinois (0.63×).

1,794 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.

Exactly as common as Odette

1 other first name also has 4,420 people.

#4,296 Halima · 4,420

Either side of Odette

#4,295 Hayleigh · 4,421#4,296 Halima · 4,420#4,298 Lida · 4,419#4,299 Nino · 4,418

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Odette, most common first.

#24,570 Odetta · 391#32,402 Odete · 260#47,349 Odett · 138

Also a last name

As a last name, Odette ranks #26,940 of 156,621, with 951 people. See Odette as a last name

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