boys:
1.4k births since 1912
#3208 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1912
#6312 (18th percentile)
The name Oden is the #6,312 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,433 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 18.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,208 (30.0% percentile) for all time with 1,433 births since 1912.
Oden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Oden is available in 49 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Oden reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 10.5% percentile (ranked #827) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 54 births per million (ranked 10.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Oden ranks #827 for boys (9.2% percentile) with 49 births per million, which is 89.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oden".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Oden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Oden is pronounced as OH-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OH-dehn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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