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.
Where Odessa is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#1,037 · 1 in 6,482
- California#1,728 · 1 in 14,551
Best ever in a state: #116 in Georgia, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #1,037 | 8 | 1 in 6,482 |
| California | #1,728 | 14 | 1 in 14,551 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 21,877 of them was named Odessa, which outranked 87.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,308Marlena82
- #2,308Rosario82
- #2,308Samarah82
- #2,321Odessa81
- #2,321Adah81
- #2,321Aislyn81
- #2,321Allisson81
- #2,343Aavya80
- #2,343Aizah80
- #2,343Ayra80
Tied with 21 names at #2,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.