Fun Facts About the Name Odalis
- More than 2 thousand babies named Odalis: U.S. records list 2,695 babies given the name Odalis from 1880 through 2025. Even 51 boys received the name Odalis - about 1 boy for every 52 girls.
What Does the Name Odalis Mean?
Odalis is a feminine name used mainly in Spanish-speaking countries and among Hispanic Americans. It traces to the Turkish word odalık, which referred to a woman kept in a harem - a concubine, or more literally a woman attached to the private rooms of a household. Turkish odalık is formed from oda, "room" or "chamber," with the suffix -lık. The word passed into European languages as French odalisque and Italian odalisca, spelled in Spanish as odalisca. The given name Odalis is a shortened form of that Spanish word, and its spelling Odalys is simply a respelling with y.
Odalis Name History & Origins
The word behind the name entered Western European languages in the 1600s, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish at a time of intense European interest in the Ottoman court. French odalisque, Italian odalisca, and later English odalisque all come from Turkish odalık. In 18th- and 19th-century European painting and writing, the odalisque became a familiar figure - a woman of a Turkish harem rendered as an exotic subject - and the term stayed in circulation in that artistic sense.
Spanish speakers took the word as odalisca. From it they formed the personal name Odalis, alongside the spelling Odalys. The given name is documented in Cuba, Mexico, and other Latin American countries, and it is used by Hispanic families in the United States. It is a modern personal name rather than one carried by a saint or an old royal line, so it has no feast day or medieval documentary trail of its own; its history rests on the earlier Turkish and French word.
How Popular is the Name Odalis?
Odalis recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1998. Its best rank was #890 in 1998.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,306 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #7,840 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #6,599 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #7,173 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #8,803 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,358 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #5,578 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #5,481 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #9,284 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #5,261 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #7,968 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #5,789 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #5,370 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #3,896 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2010 | #3,729 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #2,264 | 87 | 0.0047% |
| 2008 | #2,679 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 2007 | #2,703 | 68 | 0.0035% |
| 2006 | #1,477 | 150 | 0.0079% |
| 2005 | #1,921 | 101 | 0.0055% |
| 2004 | #2,027 | 91 | 0.0050% |
| 2003 | #1,999 | 91 | 0.0050% |
| 2002 | #1,449 | 132 | 0.0073% |
| 2001 | #1,144 | 183 | 0.0102% |
| 2000 | #1,133 | 181 | 0.0100% |
| 1999 | #926 | 228 | 0.0129% |
| 1998 | #890 | 237 | 0.0134% |
| 1997 | #901 | 224 | 0.0129% |
| 1996 | #915 | 215 | 0.0123% |
| 1995 | #2,412 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1994 | #4,483 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #6,933 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #8,542 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #6,871 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #6,373 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #6,830 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #6,154 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #5,010 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #8,085 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #7,231 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #7,824 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #11,750 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #10,756 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #5,476 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #8,112 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #5,005 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #5,305 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #6,391 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #12,817 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,182 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #5,971 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #6,356 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #9,888 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,842 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #7,026 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,015 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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