Meaning not yet researched.
Odessa: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 193 in 2025. Its best rank was #278 in 1909.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #278 in 1909; #1,197 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Odessa in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,197 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1909, at #278.
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Odessa: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 193 girls in 2025. Peak: #278 in 1909 · most girls in one year: 464 (1920).
In 2025, 193 US girls were named Odessa, making it the 1,197th most common girls’ name of the year, up 390 places from #1,587 in 2024. That is 60 more than the 133 girls named Odessa in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #278, reached in 1909. The most girls given the name in a single year was 464, in 1920. For comparison, it was #2,451 in 2015 and #737 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Odessa in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 18,718 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,180 babies named Odessa.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,217 US girls were named Odessa; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 193. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,328 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Odessa ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #462 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Odesza and Odesa are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Odesza (68), Odesa (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Odessa in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 5 | #462 | — |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #596 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #609 | — |
| Washington | 10 | #667 | — |
| Ohio | 11 | #861 | — |
| Arizona | 6 | #1,006 | — |
| Michigan | 7 | #1,034 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #1,086 | #1,203 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,163 | — |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,176 | — |
| California | 22 | #1,179 | #2,938 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,325 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,366 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,399 | — |
| Florida | 6 | #2,086 | — |
| Texas | 9 | #2,346 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 193 | #1,197 | — | — |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,587 | — | — |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,847 | — | — |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,791 | — | — |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,663 | — | — |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,603 | — | — |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,753 | — | — |
| 2018 | 112 | #1,827 | — | — |
| 2017 | 99 | #2,002 | — | — |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,340 | — | — |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,451 | — | — |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,834 | — | — |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,397 | — | — |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,512 | — | — |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,487 | — | — |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,350 | — | — |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,663 | — | — |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,986 | — | — |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,846 | — | — |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,213 | — | — |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,355 | — | — |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,732 | — | — |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,695 | — | — |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,879 | — | — |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,838 | — | — |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,662 | — | — |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,599 | — | — |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,100 | 6 | #9,308 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,502 | — | — |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,075 | — | — |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,446 | — | — |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,204 | — | — |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,088 | 5 | #9,751 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,196 | 5 | #9,423 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,538 | — | — |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,509 | — | — |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,851 | — | — |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,630 | — | — |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,699 | — | — |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,890 | — | — |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,580 | — | — |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,407 | — | — |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,900 | — | — |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,710 | — | — |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,252 | — | — |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,239 | — | — |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,723 | — | — |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,853 | — | — |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,918 | — | — |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,783 | — | — |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,927 | — | — |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,988 | — | — |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,541 | — | — |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,935 | — | — |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,819 | — | — |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,106 | — | — |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,624 | — | — |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,698 | — | — |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,554 | — | — |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,505 | — | — |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,386 | — | — |
| 1964 | 91 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,538 | — | — |
| 1962 | 84 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1961 | 84 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 1959 | 96 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1958 | 105 | #1,014 | — | — |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,133 | — | — |
| 1956 | 112 | #954 | — | — |
| 1955 | 103 | #988 | — | — |
| 1954 | 124 | #849 | 5 | #4,209 |
| 1953 | 121 | #847 | — | — |
| 1952 | 133 | #780 | 5 | #4,116 |
| 1951 | 149 | #718 | — | — |
| 1950 | 137 | #737 | 5 | #4,051 |
| 1949 | 133 | #744 | — | — |
| 1948 | 182 | #614 | — | — |
| 1947 | 160 | #664 | — | — |
| 1946 | 152 | #641 | — | — |
| 1945 | 159 | #582 | — | — |
| 1944 | 193 | #521 | 5 | #3,773 |
| 1943 | 153 | #615 | — | — |
| 1942 | 179 | #557 | — | — |
| 1941 | 213 | #479 | — | — |
| 1940 | 184 | #511 | — | — |
| 1939 | 190 | #487 | — | — |
| 1938 | 198 | #471 | — | — |
| 1937 | 237 | #421 | — | — |
| 1936 | 228 | #430 | 7 | #3,076 |
| 1935 | 224 | #430 | — | — |
| 1934 | 272 | #392 | — | — |
| 1933 | 257 | #402 | 5 | #4,011 |
| 1932 | 278 | #392 | — | — |
| 1931 | 263 | #400 | — | — |
| 1930 | 289 | #398 | — | — |
| 1929 | 297 | #390 | 5 | #4,384 |
| 1928 | 365 | #356 | 7 | #3,611 |
| 1927 | 359 | #360 | 7 | #3,692 |
| 1926 | 388 | #335 | 5 | #4,643 |
| 1925 | 437 | #321 | 9 | #3,079 |
| 1924 | 462 | #311 | 6 | #4,211 |
| 1923 | 445 | #307 | 5 | #4,716 |
| 1922 | 449 | #307 | 10 | #2,941 |
| 1921 | 448 | #309 | 6 | #4,202 |
| 1920 | 464 | #304 | 6 | #4,145 |
| 1919 | 457 | #298 | 11 | #2,621 |
| 1918 | 437 | #304 | — | — |
| 1917 | 370 | #319 | 6 | #3,858 |
| 1916 | 353 | #325 | 5 | #4,327 |
| 1915 | 343 | #322 | — | — |
| 1914 | 264 | #325 | 6 | #3,160 |
| 1913 | 255 | #299 | 7 | #2,432 |
| 1912 | 225 | #300 | — | — |
| 1911 | 187 | #285 | — | — |
| 1910 | 194 | #280 | — | — |
| 1909 | 168 | #278 | — | — |
| 1908 | 162 | #278 | 5 | #1,535 |
| 1907 | 147 | #286 | — | — |
| 1906 | 132 | #290 | — | — |
| 1905 | 113 | #318 | — | — |
| 1904 | 107 | #314 | — | — |
| 1903 | 88 | #334 | — | — |
| 1902 | 90 | #331 | — | — |
| 1901 | 85 | #330 | — | — |
| 1900 | 91 | #356 | — | — |
| 1899 | 54 | #394 | — | — |
| 1898 | 66 | #383 | — | — |
| 1897 | 63 | #369 | — | — |
| 1896 | 45 | #432 | — | — |
| 1895 | 51 | #396 | — | — |
| 1894 | 57 | #371 | — | — |
| 1893 | 52 | #376 | — | — |
| 1892 | 37 | #449 | — | — |
| 1891 | 49 | #358 | — | — |
| 1890 | 34 | #442 | — | — |
| 1889 | 40 | #384 | — | — |
| 1888 | 25 | #510 | — | — |
| 1887 | 28 | #419 | — | — |
| 1886 | 19 | #522 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #535 | — | — |
| 1884 | 18 | #496 | — | — |
| 1883 | 18 | #460 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #626 | — | — |
| 1881 | 15 | #443 | — | — |
| 1880 | 14 | #464 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).