NameTides

Odin

Odin was the #501 boys' name in the US in 2025 (604 babies), and #462 in England & Wales and #503 in Canada.

Odin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Odin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Odin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#501 (604)#462 (84)#174 (24)#237 (8)#402 (9)#503 (59)
2024#476 (645)#479 (83)#227 (18)#256 (7)#394 (9)#400 (81)
2023#361 (903)#347 (122)#168 (27)#348 (4)#436 (8)#322 (95)
2022#331 (1,023)#331 (131)#198 (22)#221 (9)#429 (8)#245 (134)
2021#327 (1,009)#423 (99)#191 (24)#211 (10)#498 (6)#273 (127)
2020#331 (992)#404 (101)#193 (23)#334 (4)#271 (17)#272 (123)
2019#331 (1,011)#449 (90)#250 (17)#312 (5)#312 (14)#240 (146)
2018#336 (999)#465 (87)#232 (19)#215 (9)#471 (7)#239 (149)
2017#365 (903)#546 (71)#352 (10)#318 (5)#547 (5)#302 (114)
2016#383 (836)#580 (63)#302 (13)#253 (7)#353 (11)#233 (157)
2015#444 (690)#692 (48)#426 (7)#314 (5)#421 (8)#309 (107)
2014#475 (604)#837 (36)#378 (9)#398 (3)#403 (9)#316 (105)
2013#572 (453)#976 (29)#590 (4)——#329 (93)
2012#638 (375)#998 (28)#500 (5)——#438 (63)
2011#718 (317)#1,688 (13)——#540 (5)#484 (56)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #331.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1884.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 820common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Odin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 4,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Odin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #262WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #351WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #186MNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #307MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #340OHPennsylvania: #442PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #521CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #346CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #677TXFlorida: #458FL
Odin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#36636

Odin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OdinCanadaBoys#50359
OdinEngland & WalesBoys#46284
OdinIrelandBoys#4029
OdinNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
OdinScotlandBoys#17424
OdinUSBoys#501604