Odis

#6,062 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Odis has been given to 8,400 babies in the U.S. since 1884. In 2025 it ranked #6,062 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 208 recorded.

Babies named Odis, 2025

1 in 221,000

Odis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Odis: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Odis means

Odis is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Odis is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,229 boys were recorded with the name Odis between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 208 in 1921; its best national rank was #336 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,655 in 2020 to #6,062 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,521 in 2015 to #6,062 in 2025.

In the United States, 171 girls were recorded with the name Odis between 1904 and 1944. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1920; its best national rank was #2,092 in 1904.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Odis?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 114,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,062; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Odis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Odis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Odiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Odis was born before 1934 — so the typical Odis is around 91 today.

Median birth year: 1934; About 91 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 22.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 2.7%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 2,337; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 22.7% of all recorded uses (1,864).

Is Odis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +324; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,407; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,459; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.67×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 7.2%; Peak was 1921 (208)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #336; 1910

Spellings of Odis

Odis is not the most common spelling — Louis is, with 45.2% against Odis's 0.92%.

Louis45.2%406,470
Luis32.6%292,959
Otis6.8%61,082
Kris1.6%14,400
Odin1.5%13,282
Olin1.1%9,929
Bodie0.96%8,595
Odis0.92%8,229

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Odis is used

Across 1910–2025, Odis was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 2,632 boys, against 1 in 15,999 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

038 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Arkansas1 in 2,632
2Mississippi1 in 4,167
3Alabama1 in 5,263
4Louisiana1 in 6,250
5Oklahoma1 in 6,250
6Tennessee1 in 9,091
7Texas1 in 10,000
8Georgia1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Odis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Odis

People whose public names include Odis, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Odis AllisonBasketball player
1949–2022

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Odis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,062
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,407
Best rank ever: #336; 1910
Peak year: 1921; 208 that year
First recorded: 1884
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 8,229
Count in 2025: 15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,092; 1904
Peak year: 1920; 12 that year
First recorded: 1904
Last recorded: 1944
All-time count: 171
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Odis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Odin Odie Landis Addis Odinn Edis Ardis Odies Adis Theodis Odilon Leodis Jadis Fredis Oddis Claudis Verdis Jaydis Odia Avedis Valdis Rudis Cledis Cordis

Names with a curve like Odis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Odis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Wilton Milford Olen Lyman Cletus Burl Arlie Wilford Bertram Herschel Buford Elroy

Sibling names for Odis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Margret Marjory Linnie Lovie Marcelle Ione Alva Rosina

For a brother

Harmon Arlie Newton Hilton Wilton Rubin Antone Haywood

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