Odessie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Odessie

The Social Security Administration has registered 597 babies named Odessie between 1897 and 1949, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Odessie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Odessie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Odessie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Odessie in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Odessie 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 597 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.