Odesser — girls' name
169 babies named Odesser in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Odesser was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Odesser in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Odesser
The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Odesser between 1911 and 1942, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odesser currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Odesser performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Odesser shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Odesser in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Odesser in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 169 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Odesser at a glance
Last recorded 1942Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Odesser popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1911
- Peak year (1916)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1942.
169 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 11 births in a single year.
Odesser by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 87 births that decade — 51% of Odesser's all-time total
Odesser decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Odesser's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Odesser by state
Where Odesser concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 7 | 4.1% |
7 of 169 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1942 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.