girls:
377 births since 1914
#5339 (7th percentile)
boys:
351 births since 1915
#4235 (8th percentile)
overall:
728 births since 1914
#7011 (9th percentile)
The name Odean is the #7,011 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 728 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 9.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,339 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 377 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #4,235 (7.6% percentile) for all time with 351 births since 1915.
Odean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Odean is available in 43 out of the 51 years between 1914 and 1964 (37 years for boys and 34 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Odean is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1964, 100.0% of babies named Odean were boys. Interestingly, until around 1932, the name was more popular for girls (60.6% girls from 1914 to 1931), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (59.9% boys from 1932 to 1964).
For girls, Odean reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #578) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1960.
For boys, Odean reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #512) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1964.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Odean".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Odean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Odean is pronounced as oh-DEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-DEE-uhn, at 29.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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