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

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Peak · girls
1909 · 168 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,564
since 1880

Odessa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Odessa has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #278, 1909girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,192193—
2024#1,579133—
2023#1,837109—
2022#1,782115—
2021#1,652126—
2020#1,593131—
2019#1,745118—
2018#1,813112—
2017#1,98999—
2016#2,32181—
2015#2,43175—
2014#2,80961—
2013#3,36747—
2012#3,46446—
2011#3,45246—
2010#3,30649—
2009#3,61944—
2008#2,95759—
2007#2,82264—
2006#3,17652—
2005#3,31746—
2004#2,71160—
2003#2,67359—
2002#2,85452—
2001#2,80852—
2000#2,63256—
1999#2,56755—
1998#3,06841#8,4796
1997#2,48152—
1996#3,02839—
1995#2,42153—
1994#3,16836—
1993#3,05238#8,7005
1992#3,14436#8,4355
1991#2,51949—
1990#2,49248—
1989#2,81039—
1988#2,59741—
1987#2,65737—
1986#2,84533—
1985#2,54538—
1984#2,38240—
1983#1,88755—
1982#1,70366—
1981#2,23145—
1980#2,21845—
1979#1,71264—
1978#1,84154—
1977#1,90152—
1976#1,77553—
1975#1,90647—
1974#1,96143—
1973#1,52761—
1972#1,92043—
1971#1,80549—
1970#2,08139—
1969#1,60955—
1968#1,67848—
1967#1,53753—
1966#1,48855—
1965#1,37964—
1964#1,15391—
1963#1,52254—
1962#1,20384—
1961#1,20484—
1960#1,10395—
1959#1,08796—
1958#1,012105—
1957#1,12487—
1956#951112—
1955#984103—
1954#847124#3,8275
1953#841121—
1952#775133#3,7345
1951#715149—
1950#733137#3,6815
1949#742133—
1948#613182—
1947#663160—
1946#641152—
1945#582159—
1944#519193#3,4305
1943#613153—
1942#557179—
1941#479213—
1940#511184—
1939#487190—
1938#471198—
1937#420237—
1936#430228#2,8547
1935#429224—
1934#391272—
1933#402257#3,6425
1932#392278—
1931#400263—
1930#398289—
1929#390297#3,9595
1928#356365#3,3577
1927#360359#3,4517
1926#335388#4,2015
1925#321437#2,9369
1924#311462#3,8676
1923#307445#4,2395
1922#307449#2,80110
1921#309448#3,8696
1920#302464#3,8156
1919#298457#2,51111
1918#304437—
1917#318370#3,5456
1916#325353#3,8975
1915#320343—
1914#325264#2,9156
1913#299255#2,2737
1912#299225—
1911#285187—
1910#280194—
1909#278168—
1908#278162#1,3735
1907#286147—
1906#289132—
1905#317113—
1904#314107—
1903#33388—
1902#33190—
1901#32885—
1900#35291—
1899#39054—
1898#38066—
1897#36963—
1896#42845—
1895#39351—
1894#37057—
1893#37452—
1892#44237—
1891#35549—
1890#43534—
1889#38140—
1888#50325—
1887#41228—
1886#50819—
1885#52017—
1884#47918—
1883#45118—
1882#59610—
1881#43415—
1880#44914—
First appearance
1880

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 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Odessa
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1909 at #278 (168 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 52 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,044
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Odessa (4,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s204#381 (1889)#473
1890s508#355 (1891)#394
1900s1,183#278 (1909)#311
1910s3,085#280 (1910)#305
1920s4,114#302 (1920)#330
1930s2,436#391 (1934)#422
1940s1,708#479 (1941)#592
1950s1,167#715 (1951)#907
1960s683#1,103 (1960)#1,388
1970s505#1,527 (1973)#1,843
1980s439#1,703 (1982)#2,388
1990s447#2,421 (1995)#2,794
2000s544#2,632 (2000)#2,957
2010s734#1,745 (2019)#2,670
2020s807#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 1893

girls
#374
52 births · 1 in 4,094 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #374Odessa52
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 4,094 of them was named Odessa, which outranked 77.4% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Odessa
  1. #370Clarice53
  2. #370Melissa53
  3. #370Phyllis53
  4. #374Odessa52
  5. #374Eloise52
  6. #374Jimmie52
  7. #374Shirley52
  8. #379Elise51
  9. #379Leora51
  10. #379Lina51

Tied with 4 names at #374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →