# Odessa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/odessa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈdɛsə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,718 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 154 / 18,564 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from the placename, with usage influenced by the name Odysseus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 3,487 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,512 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3,397 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,834 |
| 2015 | 75 | 2,451 |
| 2016 | 81 | 2,340 |
| 2017 | 99 | 2,002 |
| 2018 | 112 | 1,827 |
| 2019 | 118 | 1,753 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,603 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,663 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,791 |
| 2023 | 109 | 1,847 |
| 2024 | 133 | 1,587 |
| 2025 | 193 | 1,197 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 6 | 4,211 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3,079 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,643 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3,692 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,611 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,384 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,011 |
| 1936 | 7 | 3,076 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,773 |
| 1950 | 5 | 4,051 |
| 1952 | 5 | 4,116 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,209 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,751 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,308 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## People named Odessa

- Odessa A'zion, American actress and voice actress
- Odessa Young, Australian actress
- Odessa Rae, Canadian film producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.