NameTides

Odessa

Odessa was the #1,192 girls' name in the US in 2025 (193 babies), and #1,668 in Canada.

Odessa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Odessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Odessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,192 (193)—#1,668 (14)
2024#1,579 (133)#3,696 (6)#1,348 (18)
2023#1,837 (109)#5,688 (3)#1,369 (17)
2022#1,782 (115)#4,646 (4)#1,132 (22)
2021#1,652 (126)#2,073 (13)#1,110 (23)
2020#1,593 (131)#3,447 (6)#1,359 (17)
2019#1,745 (118)#5,591 (3)#947 (28)
2018#1,813 (112)#3,985 (5)#1,164 (21)
2017#1,989 (99)—#1,454 (16)
2016#2,321 (81)#4,096 (5)#1,600 (14)
2015#2,431 (75)—#1,874 (11)
2014#2,809 (61)#3,514 (6)#2,905 (6)
2013#3,367 (47)#5,742 (3)#1,686 (13)
2012#3,464 (46)—#1,617 (14)
2011#3,452 (46)—#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #280.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1998, 87% of US babies named Odessa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Odessa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Odessa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #965MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Odessa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OdessaCanadaGirls#1,66814
OdessaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
OdessaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
OdessaUSGirls#1,192193
OdessaUSBoys—too few