Oden

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Oden: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Oden: Recorded since 1997, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #1,635 in 2020, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1635highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Oden's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2008	#3687
2011	#4647
2015	#3908
2016	#4023
2017	#2734
2018	#3412
2019	#2266
2020	#1635
2021	#2301
2022	#3449
2023	#3523
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1635 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Oden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Oden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	32	6 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Oden appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1635 in England and Wales in 2020.

Oden's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,635, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdul-Ahad · #1635, 16y
Archie-Jay · #1635, 14y
Finley-James · #1635, 14y
Izayah · #1635, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alaric · #1635, 22y
Rhett · #1635, 19y
Sennen · #1639, 25y
Abyan · #1630, 20y

Oden and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Oden without appearing here.

Oden moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1635 and #3848.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Oden

Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1635 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2301 and #2125.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1635 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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What stands out in Oden's record

Oden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Oden and the names beside it

Oden moved ahead of

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