Odin
Boy · OH-din · Old Norse
Odin is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “frenzy, inspiration”. In 2025 it ranked 401st for boys in the UK (116 babies) and 501st for boys in the US (604 babies).
What does Odin mean?
Old Norse: from Old Norse Odinn
“frenzy, inspiration”
Odin is the chief god of Norse mythology; Wednesday is named after Woden, his Old English counterpart.
- Say it
- OH-din
Is Odin a girl's or a boy's name?
Odin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 116 boys in the UK and 604 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Odin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #401among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 116about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 116 boys in the UK were named Odin, making it the 401st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 387th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 162 boys.
Half of all the boys named Odin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 boys in the UK were given Odin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #379, up from #401 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 462nd in England and Wales, 174th in Scotland and 237th in Northern Ireland.
Odin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #401 |
| 2024 | 108 | #417 |
| 2023 | 153 | #320 |
| 2022 | 162 | #315 |
| 2021 | 133 | #373 |
| 2020 | 128 | #387 |
| 2019 | 112 | #429 |
| 2018 | 115 | #416 |
| 2017 | 86 | #518 |
| 2016 | 83 | #536 |
| 2015 | 60 | #652 |
| 2014 | 48 | #737 |
| 2013 | 33 | #960 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Odin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #501among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 604about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 604 boys in the US were named Odin, making it the 501st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 331st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,023 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Odin than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Odin in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 708 boys in the US were given Odin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #451, up from #501 for this spelling alone.
Odin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 604 | #501 |
| 2024 | 645 | #476 |
| 2023 | 903 | #361 |
| 2022 | 1,023 | #331 |
| 2021 | 1,009 | #327 |
| 2020 | 992 | #331 |
| 2019 | 1,011 | #331 |
| 2018 | 999 | #336 |
| 2017 | 903 | #365 |
| 2016 | 836 | #383 |
| 2015 | 690 | #444 |
| 2014 | 604 | #475 |
| 2013 | 453 | #572 |
| 2012 | 375 | #638 |
| 2011 | 317 | #718 |
| 2010 | 247 | #857 |
| 2009 | 202 | #982 |
| 2008 | 202 | #983 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,038 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,284 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,380 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,357 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,355 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
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