Odessey — girls' name
25 babies named Odessey in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Odessey was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Odessey in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Odessey
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Odessey between 1996 and 2002, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odessey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Odessey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Odessey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Odessey 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 25 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.
Odessey at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Odessey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1996
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
25 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
Odessey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 14 births that decade — 56% of Odessey's all-time total
Odessey decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Odessey's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–2002 (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.