Odin

What Odin means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Odin yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #444 in 2015 to #501 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Odin?

US: Falling: down from #444 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #692 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,023 boys got the name (#331 that year). First in the US records in 1884.

How common

• About 1 in 2,828 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,237 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 818 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), SD (2.6 per 1,000 boys), ND (2.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Odin is #501 in the US and #462 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Odin were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eden551 US · 180 E&W
• Adan625 US · 10 E&W
• Aden224 US · 25 E&W
• Aydin147 US · 83 E&W
• Oden74 US · 7 E&W
• Edan36 US · 14 E&W
• Adin46 US · 3 E&W
• Edin32 US · 6 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Odin

Boys

• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025

For a sister

• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Penelope#22possibly “duck”^*
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Odin’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.