Odessia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Odessia

The Social Security Administration has registered 601 babies named Odessia between 1901 and 1975, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odessia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Odessia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Odessia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Odessia in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Odessia 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 601 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.