Oden Boy
How popular is Oden?
#2,020 boy name in 2025
74 baby boys were named Oden in the US in 2025, making it the 2020th most popular boy name.
Oden popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,020 for boys (▲ 190 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 74 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,001 in 2015, #1,833 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (102 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,678 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Oden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Odin family of names ranked #433 for boys in 2025 (#422 the year before), with 708 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Odin | 604 | 85% |
| Oden | 74 | 10% |
| Odyn | 20 | 3% |
| Odinn | 10 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Oden is most popular
Babies named Oden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Oden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 66 | #1,771 |
| 1920s | 74 | #2,302 |
| 1930s | 28 | #2,646 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,369 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,797 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,373 |
| 2000s | 228 | #2,582 |
| 2010s | 653 | #1,739 |
| 2020s | 503 | #1,678 |
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Questions
- Is Oden a boy or girl name?
- Oden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Oden were boys.
- How popular is the name Oden?
- 74 baby boys were named Oden in the US in 2025, making it the 2020th most popular boy name.
- When was Oden most popular?
- Oden peaked in 2022, when 102 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,678 in 2022.
- How many people are named Oden?
- 1,574 babies have been named Oden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,395 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Oden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Oden was most common in Arkansas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.