Odes

Boy · recorded 1888–1955

  • 1955last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Odes.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Odes, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188841
190734
190930
191216
191321
191415
191515
191612
191711
191812
191916
192014
192113
192214
192321
192420
192515
192610
19278
19288
192910
19305
193113
193211
193311
19346
19368
19378
19415
19426
19436
19455
19493
19513
19533
19552

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Odes isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1955
5
Rank in 1955
#3,886
How rare
1 in 411,977 boys
Since 1888
367

Odes was last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 41 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Odes doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.