Odus
Masculine
Odus is a rare boy's name from the turn of the twentieth century, close to Otis and Odis. Its sound is the ending of Exodus, from a Greek word for road.
How old is the name Odus?
Odus first appears in US birth records in 1895 — 130 years ago. The typical Odus alive today was born around 1926, making them about 99 years old. About 100 people named Odus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Odus most popular?
Odus peaked in 1906, reaching #852 nationally. See the whole 1906 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Odus
Greek hodos means a road or a way, and English is full of it: an exodus is a road out, a method a way after, a synod a coming together, an episode a way in. Odus did not come from Greek; it came from Otis and Odis, the names of its day, said and spelled by ear. But it ends in a word that means going somewhere.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Odus may be Otis or Odis respelled, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Odus
OH-dus
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Odus
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1895
- Most boys named
- 191824 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #852reached in 1906
- Change vs 1964
- −16.7%5 in 1979, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Oduss among us
people named Odus are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Odus sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and easy to say.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- Close to Otis, a familiar name.
- People will write Otis or Odis.
- It reads as a name of a much earlier generation.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Oduss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Odus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Odus in 2025?
- Odus is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Odus with classmates?
- Odus will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More O names
The most-given names starting with O, all years combined.
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