Odessa
#1,192 for girls in 2025, 193 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #8,479
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 168 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,564since 1880
Odessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Odessa has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,192 | 193 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,579 | 133 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,837 | 109 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,782 | 115 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,652 | 126 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,745 | 118 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,813 | 112 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,989 | 99 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,431 | 75 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,367 | 47 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,452 | 46 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #2,481 | 52 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,492 | 48 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,703 | 66 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,712 | 64 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,841 | 54 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,775 | 53 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,153 | 91 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,203 | 84 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,204 | 84 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,103 | 95 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,087 | 96 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,012 | 105 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 | — | |
| 1956 | #951 | 112 | — | |
| 1955 | #984 | 103 | — | |
| 1954 | #847 | 124 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #841 | 121 | — | |
| 1952 | #775 | 133 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #715 | 149 | — | |
| 1950 | #733 | 137 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #742 | 133 | — | |
| 1948 | #613 | 182 | — | |
| 1947 | #663 | 160 | — | |
| 1946 | #641 | 152 | — | |
| 1945 | #582 | 159 | — | |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #613 | 153 | — | |
| 1942 | #557 | 179 | — | |
| 1941 | #479 | 213 | — | |
| 1940 | #511 | 184 | — | |
| 1939 | #487 | 190 | — | |
| 1938 | #471 | 198 | — | |
| 1937 | #420 | 237 | — | |
| 1936 | #430 | 228 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #429 | 224 | — | |
| 1934 | #391 | 272 | — | |
| 1933 | #402 | 257 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #392 | 278 | — | |
| 1931 | #400 | 263 | — | |
| 1930 | #398 | 289 | — | |
| 1929 | #390 | 297 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #356 | 365 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #360 | 359 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #335 | 388 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #321 | 437 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #311 | 462 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #307 | 445 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #307 | 449 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #309 | 448 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #302 | 464 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #298 | 457 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #304 | 437 | — | |
| 1917 | #318 | 370 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #325 | 353 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #320 | 343 | — | |
| 1914 | #325 | 264 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #299 | 255 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #299 | 225 | — | |
| 1911 | #285 | 187 | — | |
| 1910 | #280 | 194 | — | |
| 1909 | #278 | 168 | — | |
| 1908 | #278 | 162 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #286 | 147 | — | |
| 1906 | #289 | 132 | — | |
| 1905 | #317 | 113 | — | |
| 1904 | #314 | 107 | — | |
| 1903 | #333 | 88 | — | |
| 1902 | #331 | 90 | — | |
| 1901 | #328 | 85 | — | |
| 1900 | #352 | 91 | — | |
| 1899 | #390 | 54 | — | |
| 1898 | #380 | 66 | — | |
| 1897 | #369 | 63 | — | |
| 1896 | #428 | 45 | — | |
| 1895 | #393 | 51 | — | |
| 1894 | #370 | 57 | — | |
| 1893 | #374 | 52 | — | |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 | — | |
| 1891 | #355 | 49 | — | |
| 1890 | #435 | 34 | — | |
| 1889 | #381 | 40 | — | |
| 1888 | #503 | 25 | — | |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #451 | 18 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #434 | 15 | — | |
| 1880 | #449 | 14 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Odessa was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.
See more about Odessa
- 387 spots since 2024 (#1,579 → #1,192)
- 401 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #1,192)
- 1,239 spots since 2015 (#2,431 → #1,192)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1883 (#596 → #451)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1957 (#951 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #278 (168 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 52 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 2,044 girls born in 1910 were named Odessa (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,328 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #278 in 1909, was only 1 in 2,067 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all girls named Odessa (4,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 204 | #381 (1889) | #473 |
| 1890s | 508 | #355 (1891) | #394 |
| 1900s | 1,183 | #278 (1909) | #311 |
| 1910s | 3,085 | #280 (1910) | #305 |
| 1920s | 4,114 | #302 (1920) | #330 |
| 1930s | 2,436 | #391 (1934) | #422 |
| 1940s | 1,708 | #479 (1941) | #592 |
| 1950s | 1,167 | #715 (1951) | #907 |
| 1960s | 683 | #1,103 (1960) | #1,388 |
| 1970s | 505 | #1,527 (1973) | #1,843 |
| 1980s | 439 | #1,703 (1982) | #2,388 |
| 1990s | 447 | #2,421 (1995) | #2,794 |
| 2000s | 544 | #2,632 (2000) | #2,957 |
| 2010s | 734 | #1,745 (2019) | #2,670 |
| 2020s | 807 | #1,192 (2025) | #1,606 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Odessa in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 6,877 of them was named Odessa, which outranked 90.1% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #514Madelyn197
- #517Tanya196
- #518Robert194
- #519Odessa193
- #519Lisa193
- #519Louella193
- #519Queen193
- #524Angie192
- #524Ladonna192
- #526Peggie191
Tied with 4 names at #519; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 272,575 of them was named Odessa, which outranked 12.3% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 479 names at #3,430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.