Odessa
Odessa is a unisex given name. People with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Odessa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Odessa is a unisex given name. People with the name include:
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The Story of Odessa
Odessa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 14 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 464 Odessas were born — ranking #302 that year. As of 2026, Odessa ranks #1,698 for baby girls with 122 births, holding steady (+3%). In total, more than 19K Odessas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Odessa
Odessa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Odessa's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #278. Use the chart and map above to compare Odessa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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