Is Odetta a boy or girl name?

Odetta is a girl’s name. Of the 628 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Odetta

Recorded 1900–2024 · United States

Odetta was most popular in 1922, when 22 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,300 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 628 people named Odetta.

Odetta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Odetta’s peak in 1922. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Odetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Odetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 628 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org