Nymograph

Odessa: popularity and history

Explore how often Odessa appears in published U.S. birth-name records. Counts describe recorded births, not how many people with this name are alive today.

Female records

Latest dataset year: 2025. Most recent published observation for this name: 2025, with 193 births and rank 1,197.

First published birth year
1880
Total published births, 1880–2025
18,564
Best annual rank
278 in 1908, 1909
Odessa · annual births per 10,000 published births in this recorded-sex population
0.002.454.89188019522025

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Published observations

Up to ten most recent published years, newest first. These may not be consecutive or recent calendar years. Missing records are unknown, not zero.

Odessa · female records · most recent published years
YearBirthsRank
20251931,197
20241331,587
20231091,847
20221151,791
20211261,663
20201311,603
20191181,753
20181121,827
2017992,002
2016812,340
Latest ten dataset years (2016–2025)

Not published means no released observation; it does not establish zero births.

Odessa · female records · latest calendar years, including gaps
YearBirthsRank
20251931,197
20241331,587
20231091,847
20221151,791
20211261,663
20201311,603
20191181,753
20181121,827
2017992,002
2016812,340

Male records

Latest dataset year: 2025. Most recent published observation for this name: 1998, with 6 births and rank 9,308.

First published birth year
1908
Total published births, 1908–1998
154
Best annual rank
1,535 in 1908
Odessa · annual births per 10,000 published births in this recorded-sex population
0.000.160.32190819531998

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Published observations

Up to ten most recent published years, newest first. These may not be consecutive or recent calendar years. Missing records are unknown, not zero.

Odessa · male records · most recent published years
YearBirthsRank
199869,308
199359,751
199259,423
195454,209
195254,116
195054,051
194453,773
193673,076
193354,011
192954,384
Latest ten dataset years (2016–2025)

Not published means no released observation; it does not establish zero births.

Odessa · male records · latest calendar years, including gaps
YearBirthsRank
2025Not publishedNot published
2024Not publishedNot published
2023Not publishedNot published
2022Not publishedNot published
2021Not publishedNot published
2020Not publishedNot published
2019Not publishedNot published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017Not publishedNot published
2016Not publishedNot published

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Alphabetical neighbors, not evidence of shared meaning, origin or popularity. Each spelling has its own recorded history.

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How to read these figures

An absent observation is not zero: small counts are withheld, and no published count may mean no births or a suppressed count. Early years are less complete. Recorded sex is a source category, not a rule about who may use a name. Annual ranks order published counts, with alphabetical tie-breaking. National and state totals need not match.

These records describe usage. They do not establish a name’s meaning, origin, ethnicity or pronunciation.