Odessa is an established girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has grown less common since.
Odessa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,197 for girl births in the United States (and #2,275 across all names), given to 193 babies. Odessa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (464 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 193 | 193 | #1,197 | — |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | #1,587 | — |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | #1,847 | — |
| 2022 | 115 | 115 | #1,791 | — |
| 2021 | 126 | 126 | #1,663 | — |
| 2020 | 131 | 131 | #1,603 | — |
| 2019 | 118 | 118 | #1,753 | — |
| 2018 | 112 | 112 | #1,827 | — |
| 2017 | 99 | 99 | #2,002 | — |
| 2016 | 81 | 81 | #2,340 | — |
| 2015 | 75 | 75 | #2,451 | — |
| 2014 | 61 | 61 | #2,834 | — |
| 2013 | 47 | 47 | #3,397 | — |
| 2012 | 46 | 46 | #3,512 | — |
| 2011 | 46 | 46 | #3,487 | — |
| 2010 | 49 | 49 | #3,350 | — |
| 2009 | 44 | 44 | #3,663 | — |
| 2008 | 59 | 59 | #2,986 | — |
| 2007 | 64 | 64 | #2,846 | — |
| 2006 | 52 | 52 | #3,213 | — |
| 2005 | 46 | 46 | #3,355 | — |
| 2004 | 60 | 60 | #2,732 | — |
| 2003 | 59 | 59 | #2,695 | — |
| 2002 | 52 | 52 | #2,879 | — |
| 2001 | 52 | 52 | #2,838 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | #2,662 | — |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #2,599 | — |
| 1998 | 47 | 47 | #3,100 | #9,308 |
| 1997 | 52 | — | #2,502 | — |
| 1996 | 39 | — | #3,075 | — |
| 1995 | 53 | — | #2,446 | — |
| 1994 | 36 | — | #3,204 | — |
| 1993 | 43 | — | #3,088 | #9,751 |
| 1992 | 41 | — | #3,196 | #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 | 129 | — | #849 | #4,209 |
| 1953 | 121 | — | #847 | — |
| 1952 | 138 | — | #780 | #4,116 |
| 1951 | 149 | — | #718 | — |
| 1950 | 142 | — | #737 | #4,051 |
| 1949 | 133 | — | #744 | — |
| 1948 | 182 | — | #614 | — |
| 1947 | 160 | — | #664 | — |
| 1946 | 152 | — | #641 | — |
| 1945 | 159 | — | #582 | — |
| 1944 | 198 | — | #521 | #3,773 |
| 1943 | 153 | — | #615 | — |
| 1942 | 179 | — | #557 | — |
| 1941 | 213 | — | #479 | — |
| 1940 | 184 | — | #511 | — |
| 1939 | 190 | — | #487 | — |
| 1938 | 198 | — | #471 | — |
| 1937 | 237 | — | #421 | — |
| 1936 | 235 | — | #430 | #3,076 |
| 1935 | 224 | — | #430 | — |
| 1934 | 272 | — | #392 | — |
| 1933 | 262 | — | #402 | #4,011 |
| 1932 | 278 | — | #392 | — |
| 1931 | 263 | — | #400 | — |
| 1930 | 289 | — | #398 | — |
| 1929 | 302 | — | #390 | #4,384 |
| 1928 | 372 | — | #356 | #3,611 |
| 1927 | 366 | — | #360 | #3,692 |
| 1926 | 393 | — | #335 | #4,643 |
| 1925 | 446 | — | #321 | #3,079 |
| 1924 | 468 | — | #311 | #4,211 |
| 1923 | 450 | — | #307 | #4,716 |
| 1922 | 459 | — | #307 | #2,941 |
| 1921 | 454 | — | #309 | #4,202 |
| 1920 | 470 | — | #304 | #4,145 |
| 1919 | 468 | — | #298 | #2,621 |
| 1918 | 437 | — | #304 | — |
| 1917 | 376 | — | #319 | #3,858 |
| 1916 | 358 | — | #325 | #4,327 |
| 1915 | 343 | — | #322 | — |
| 1914 | 270 | — | #325 | #3,160 |
| 1913 | 262 | — | #299 | #2,432 |
| 1912 | 225 | — | #300 | — |
| 1911 | 187 | — | #285 | — |
| 1910 | 194 | — | #280 | — |
| 1909 | 168 | — | #278 | — |
| 1908 | 167 | — | #278 | #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 | — |