How Many People Are Named Odetta?
people named Odetta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,367,139 people in the US has this name
Based on 628 babies named Odetta in Social Security records from 1900 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of ODETTE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Odetta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Odetta alive today is about 63 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Odetta first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1922, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Odetta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,823, in 1933.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,823 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,482 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Odetta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Odetta were born in Hawaii than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today.
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