Odell
Boy · oh-DEL · English
Odell is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “woad hill”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Odell mean?
English: English surname from a Bedfordshire place name
“woad hill”
From Odell, a Bedfordshire village whose name comes from Old English words for 'woad hill'.
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- oh-DEL
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Is Odell a girl's or a boy's name?
Odell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Odell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Odell, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Odell of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Odell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
How popular is Odell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Odell, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 367 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Odell in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Odell in the US in 1900, and 11% in 2017.
Odell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,657 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,166 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,177 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,187 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,177 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,113 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,045 |
| 1973 | 85 | #860 |
| 1972 | 92 | #837 |
| 1971 | 92 | #848 |
| 1970 | 101 | #806 |
| 1969 | 80 | #856 |
| 1968 | 109 | #720 |
| 1967 | 86 | #786 |
| 1966 | 80 | #812 |
| 1965 | 89 | #786 |
| 1964 | 109 | #737 |
| 1963 | 90 | #799 |
| 1962 | 113 | #721 |
| 1961 | 122 | #691 |
| 1960 | 141 | #656 |
| 1959 | 135 | #659 |
| 1958 | 162 | #602 |
| 1957 | 169 | #589 |
| 1956 | 156 | #606 |
| 1955 | 189 | #534 |
| 1954 | 175 | #550 |
| 1953 | 196 | #498 |
| 1952 | 200 | #498 |
| 1951 | 193 | #488 |
| 1950 | 194 | #476 |
| 1949 | 221 | #447 |
| 1948 | 222 | #446 |
| 1947 | 226 | #444 |
| 1946 | 210 | #435 |
| 1945 | 205 | #418 |
| 1944 | 198 | #433 |
| 1943 | 221 | #416 |
| 1942 | 205 | #427 |
| 1941 | 197 | #416 |
| 1940 | 208 | #397 |
| 1939 | 213 | #386 |
| 1938 | 235 | #363 |
| 1937 | 213 | #379 |
| 1936 | 218 | #368 |
| 1935 | 250 | #349 |
| 1934 | 256 | #342 |
| 1933 | 242 | #347 |
| 1932 | 300 | #317 |
| 1931 | 265 | #333 |
| 1930 | 267 | #344 |
| 1929 | 292 | #324 |
| 1928 | 274 | #345 |
| 1927 | 300 | #330 |
| 1926 | 252 | #367 |
| 1925 | 313 | #322 |
| 1924 | 281 | #354 |
| 1923 | 296 | #338 |
| 1922 | 367 | #296 |
| 1921 | 324 | #326 |
| 1920 | 336 | #313 |
| 1919 | 305 | #318 |
| 1918 | 253 | #368 |
| 1917 | 259 | #345 |
| 1916 | 237 | #349 |
| 1915 | 237 | #347 |
| 1914 | 180 | #348 |
| 1913 | 131 | #363 |
| 1912 | 112 | #367 |
| 1911 | 76 | #308 |
| 1910 | 57 | #326 |
| 1909 | 49 | #330 |
| 1908 | 52 | #303 |
| 1907 | 38 | #359 |
| 1906 | 48 | #293 |
| 1905 | 30 | #384 |
| 1904 | 34 | #344 |
| 1903 | 30 | #353 |
| 1902 | 30 | #360 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 29 | #419 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
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