How rare is the name Odin?

7,549 people in the United States have the first name Odin, about 1 in 40,009. It ranks #2,976 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ODIN

#2,976

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,549
About
1 in 40,009
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,549 people named Odin, 70.9% reported their origin as White, 15.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Odin peaked in 2022, when 1,023 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18842025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,023
In 2025*
604 ▼41%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,282 babies have been given the name since 1884. 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.

Odin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #746. The largest share of babies named Odin, 80.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,9576
1900s#4,32210
1910s#4,44788
1920s#6,67066
1930s#9,91512
1940s#10,74511
1960s#12,55718
1970s#10,44966
1980s#12,66267
1990s#11,631118
2000s#2,9081,209
2010s#9546,435
2020s#7465,176
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–961%
Generation Z 1997–1216.5%
2013 and later80.3%

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 Odin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Odin has been most common in Alaska (5.9×), Minnesota (3.2×), and Washington (3×), and least common in South Carolina (0.32×).

11,873 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 Odin

1 other first name also has 7,549 people.

#2,976 Kala · 7,549

Either side of Odin

#2,974 Kristofer · 7,552#2,976 Kala · 7,549#2,978 Shakira · 7,544#2,979 Chastity · 7,541

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,255 Oden · 1,020#29,486 Odon · 300

Also a last name

As a last name, Odin ranks #87,624 of 156,621, with 228 people. See Odin as a last name

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