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Odette

Girl · oh-DET · Germanic

Odette is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 929th for girls in the UK (40 babies) and 881st for girls in the US (303 babies).

What does Odette mean?

Germanic: French pet form of Oda or Odile

“wealth, fortune”

Odette is the princess turned into a swan in Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake.

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oh-DET

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Is Odette a girl's or a boy's name?

Odette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the UK and 303 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Odette in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#929among girls
Babies in 2025
40about 1 in 7,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 115% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were named Odette, making it the 929th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th.

2025 had the most girls named Odette of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Odette in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 872nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20252025
Odette in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202540#929
202434#1,066
202338#988
202231#1,150
202133#1,109
202018#1,708
201914#2,052
201820#1,628
201722#1,541
201612#2,363
201517#1,813
20146#3,702
201311#2,454
20126#3,881
20118#3,041
20108#2,992
20094#4,795
20080–
20078#2,790
20064#4,357
20055#3,543
20048#2,406
20030–
20020–
20014#3,427
20000–
19997#2,295
19985#2,855
19977#2,281
19969#1,862

How popular is Odette in the US?

Rank in 2025
#881among girls
Babies in 2025
303about 1 in 5,300 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 90% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 303 girls in the US were named Odette, making it the 881st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,474th. It first appears in the records in 1894.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Odette of any year since it first appeared, in 1894.

Half of all the girls named Odette in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1894Busiest: 303 in 20252025
Odette in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025303#881
2024195#1,214
2023183#1,255
2022180#1,309
2021150#1,432
2020145#1,474
2019116#1,763
201898#1,997
2017104#1,930
201678#2,385
201587#2,169
201452#3,135
201360#2,836
201240#3,853
201149#3,302
201019#6,638
200932#4,570
200839#4,005
200731#4,674
200626#5,232
200530#4,483
200439#3,685
200325#4,938
200246#3,099
200141#3,312
200030#4,074
199912#7,710
199821#4,951
199720#5,006
199634#3,356
199528#3,775
199413#6,666
199311#7,491
199212#7,060
199113#6,582
19908#9,241
198914#5,830
198818#4,648
198716#4,853
198610#6,609
198510#6,455
198412#5,538
198316#4,475
198210#6,369
198117#4,343
198012#5,543
19799#6,694
197814#4,679
197719#3,760
197624#3,001
197518#3,636
197422#3,110
197322#3,014
197221#3,062
197125#2,801
197030#2,450
196912#4,197
196816#3,314
196721#2,706
196632#2,057
196530#2,154
196430#2,194
196341#1,814
196251#1,576
196131#2,116
196036#1,886
195921#2,516
195829#2,072
195731#1,956
195628#2,057
195528#2,023
195436#1,701
195334#1,706
195237#1,577
195126#1,920
195022#2,052
194912#2,998
194827#1,819
194719#2,278
194618#2,227
194510#2,915
194412#2,624
194316#2,250
19428#3,442
19418#3,250
194024#1,591
19396#3,780
193810#2,729
193711#2,569
193614#2,153
193520#1,720
193418#1,834
193312#2,403
193219#1,816
193119#1,802
193026#1,534
192926#1,525
192819#1,960
192722#1,827
192624#1,720
192542#1,196
192426#1,679
192324#1,736
192241#1,207
192137#1,276
192038#1,246
191923#1,698
191824#1,645
191718#1,922
191624#1,533
191531#1,258
191419#1,480
191314#1,601
191218#1,252
191112#1,372
191012#1,335
190913#1,152
190810#1,357
190711#1,206
19060–
190520#825
190413#1,001
19030–
19029#1,219
19015#1,678
19009#1,318
189912#935
18988#1,263
18970–
18967#1,292
189511#986
18947#1,236

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