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“Variant of Odin — Fury, frenzy, and poetic inspiration” — Old Norse origin
Boy's name · #2033 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Oden is near its high-water mark: it reached #1691 in 2022 and still ranked #2033 in 2025. About 1,600 boys have carried it since 1912. It is also an American family name — about 8,200 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
Around the world: about 1 in 10,000 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 18,000 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Odin · Loki · Mayer · Theoden · Hagen · Boden
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