Odin
Pronounced OW1 D AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 141 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Odin?
Odin is a boys' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 14,519 children — the 896th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 1,124 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Oden and Odean — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Odin and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Oden
- Odean
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- OW1 D AE1 N · OW1 D AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Odin
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Odin
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Odin?
- Odin ranks 896th among boys' names in US records, with 14,519 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,820.
- Is Odin a unisex name?
- No. Odin is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Odin most popular?
- 2022, when 1,124 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Odin spelled?
- Oden, Odean. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.