Odessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-DES-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,192 for girls
Odessa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for girls in the US (193 babies).
What does Odessa mean?
Greek: from the Black Sea city, named after the Greek colony Odessos
From the Black Sea port in Ukraine, founded in 1794 and named after the ancient Greek colony of Odessos.
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Is Odessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Odessa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 193 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Odessa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Odessa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Odessa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Odessa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 193about 1 in 8,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 193 girls in the US were named Odessa, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,593rd. Its busiest year was 1920, with 464 girls.
2025 had more girls named Odessa than any year since 1944.
Half of all the girls named Odessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Odessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 193 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,579 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,837 |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,593 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,745 |
| 2018 | 112 | #1,813 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,989 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,564 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,478 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,703 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,712 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,527 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,920 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,805 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,609 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,379 |
| 1964 | 91 | #1,153 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 84 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | 84 | #1,203 |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,102 |
| 1959 | 96 | #1,086 |
| 1958 | 105 | #1,011 |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,123 |
| 1956 | 112 | #950 |
| 1955 | 103 | #983 |
| 1954 | 124 | #846 |
| 1953 | 121 | #840 |
| 1952 | 133 | #774 |
| 1951 | 149 | #714 |
| 1950 | 137 | #732 |
| 1949 | 133 | #741 |
| 1948 | 182 | #612 |
| 1947 | 160 | #663 |
| 1946 | 152 | #641 |
| 1945 | 159 | #582 |
| 1944 | 193 | #519 |
| 1943 | 153 | #613 |
| 1942 | 179 | #557 |
| 1941 | 213 | #479 |
| 1940 | 184 | #511 |
| 1939 | 190 | #487 |
| 1938 | 198 | #471 |
| 1937 | 237 | #420 |
| 1936 | 228 | #430 |
| 1935 | 224 | #429 |
| 1934 | 272 | #391 |
| 1933 | 257 | #402 |
| 1932 | 278 | #392 |
| 1931 | 263 | #400 |
| 1930 | 289 | #398 |
| 1929 | 297 | #390 |
| 1928 | 365 | #356 |
| 1927 | 359 | #360 |
| 1926 | 388 | #335 |
| 1925 | 437 | #321 |
| 1924 | 462 | #311 |
| 1923 | 445 | #307 |
| 1922 | 449 | #307 |
| 1921 | 448 | #309 |
| 1920 | 464 | #302 |
| 1919 | 457 | #298 |
| 1918 | 437 | #304 |
| 1917 | 370 | #318 |
| 1916 | 353 | #325 |
| 1915 | 343 | #320 |
| 1914 | 264 | #325 |
| 1913 | 255 | #299 |
| 1912 | 225 | #299 |
| 1911 | 187 | #285 |
| 1910 | 194 | #280 |
| 1909 | 168 | #278 |
| 1908 | 162 | #278 |
| 1907 | 147 | #286 |
| 1906 | 132 | #289 |
| 1905 | 113 | #317 |
| 1904 | 107 | #314 |
| 1903 | 88 | #333 |
| 1902 | 90 | #331 |
| 1901 | 85 | #328 |
| 1900 | 91 | #352 |
| 1899 | 54 | #390 |
| 1898 | 66 | #380 |
| 1897 | 63 | #369 |
| 1896 | 45 | #428 |
| 1895 | 51 | #393 |
| 1894 | 57 | #370 |
| 1893 | 52 | #374 |
| 1892 | 37 | #442 |
| 1891 | 49 | #355 |
| 1890 | 34 | #435 |
| 1889 | 40 | #381 |
| 1888 | 25 | #503 |
| 1887 | 28 | #412 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 17 | #520 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 18 | #451 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 15 | #434 |
| 1880 | 14 | #449 |
Nicknames for Odessa
- Dessa 16 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Odessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia Matilda Cora Ada Clara Eva Rosa Lola Eliza Nora Cleo Etta
Names related to Odessa
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Odessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/odessa, updated 20 October 2026.