Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Odes

#8,669 most common boys' name of all time · #21,900 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–1955

Rank among boys
#8,669
Rank overall
#21,900 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
367
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,610
Best rank
#1,165 1888
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
190019201940

Odes first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1955 — 5 5 #3,970
1953 — 6 6 #3,498
1951 — 5 5 #3,788
1949 — 6 6 #3,370
1945 — 7 7 #2,803
1943 — 8 8 #2,802
1942 — 8 8 #2,772
1941 — 6 6 #3,206
1937 — 8 8 #2,738
1936 — 8 8 #2,681
1934 — 6 6 #3,353
1933 — 11 11 #2,259
1932 — 12 12 #2,230
1931 — 13 13 #2,150
1930 — 6 6 #3,668
1929 — 11 11 #2,492
1928 — 9 9 #2,902
1927 — 9 9 #2,964
1926 — 11 11 #2,616
1925 — 17 17 #1,969
1924 — 23 23 #1,656
1923 — 23 23 #1,610
1922 — 15 15 #2,173
1921 — 14 14 #2,305
1920 — 15 15 #2,160
1919 — 16 16 #2,016
1918 — 12 12 #2,429
1917 — 10 10 #2,610
1916 — 11 11 #2,440
1915 — 13 13 #2,112
1914 — 10 10 #2,161
1913 — 11 11 #1,734
1912 — 7 7 #2,118
1909 — 5 5 #1,573
1907 — 5 5 #1,446
1888 — 5 5 #1,165