Girls' name · since 1996
Odessey
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.
- #43,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Odessey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 25 recorded since 1996.
Odessey has 25 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2002.
- #43,300 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Odessey ranks #43,300 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #43,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Odessey's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Odessey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Odessey's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Odessey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2002
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Odessey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (14 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Odessey's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Odessey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 14 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Odessey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Odessey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.