Odie
About Odie
This old-timey nickname for Otis and Odell is strongly tied to Garfield’s canine companion in the Garfield comic, movie, and TV franchise.
Actress Ashley Williams gave it signs of life when she used it for her son, Odie Sal, in 2017.
Pronounced OH-dee.
As of October 2026, Odie ranked #5547 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #432 in 1899, Nameberry popularity #987.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Odie on lists
Famous Odies
- Odie Armstrong
American arena football player
- Odie Payne
American blues drummer
- James Ogilvie "Odie" Cleghorn
Canadian ice hockey player
- Marion Odicea "Odie" Spears
American basketball player
- Odie Sal Dodson (b. 2017)
son of American actress Ashley Williams
Odie in pop culture
- Odie
dog in the "Garfield" comic, TV series, and movies
- Odie
electronic storage device detection dog for the Anchorage, Alaska Police Department , he was introduced at a press event held Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Anchorage Police Department headquarters. Odie, a 2,year,old yellow lab, is one of 10 dogs in the world trained to detect the chemical compounds found in electronic media storage devices. (see online article for more info on this real life Odie)
- Odie
adorable 24 pound, male river otter at the Akron, Ohio Zoo , see this article, https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local,news/akron,canton,news/akron,zoo,welcomes,the,cutest,24,pound,river,otter,named,odie