Meaning not yet researched.
Odyssey: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 27 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,877 in 2022.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3,877 in 2022; #4,958 in 2025. About 77% of babies named Odyssey in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,958 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2022, at #3,877.
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Odyssey: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 27 girls in 2025. Peak: #3,877 in 2022 · most girls in one year: 39 (2022).
In 2025, 27 US girls were named Odyssey, making it the 4,958th most common girls’ name of the year, up 300 places from #5,258 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 25 girls named Odyssey in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,877, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 39. For comparison, it was #4,473 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Odyssey, making it the 9,468th most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #9,468, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 8. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Odyssey in 43 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1982 with 10 babies. In all, 775 US babies have been given the name, 95% of them girls and 5.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 213 babies named Odyssey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 262 US girls were named Odyssey; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 39. In 2025 that was about 1 in 59,528 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,958 | 8 | #9,468 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,258 | — | — |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,224 | 8 | #9,518 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,877 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,808 | 6 | #11,758 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,803 | 7 | #10,301 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,515 | — | — |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,323 | — | — |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,182 | — | — |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,609 | — | — |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,473 | — | — |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,588 | — | — |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,664 | — | — |
| 2012 | 22 | #6,062 | — | — |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,228 | — | — |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,292 | — | — |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,603 | — | — |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,392 | — | — |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,401 | — | — |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,432 | — | — |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,742 | — | — |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,704 | — | — |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,504 | — | — |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,172 | — | — |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,085 | — | — |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,269 | — | — |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,692 | — | — |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,998 | — | — |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,170 | 5 | #10,361 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,967 | — | — |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,925 | — | — |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,466 | — | — |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,423 | — | — |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,544 | — | — |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,983 | — | — |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,455 | — | — |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,831 | — | — |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,812 | — | — |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,842 | — | — |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,268 | — | — |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,261 | — | — |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,856 | — | — |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,708 | — | — |
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).