Meaning and history
Odessa is a name derived from the Ukrainian city on the north coast of the Black Sea, which was itself named after the ancient Greek city of Ὀδησσός (Odessos), a name of uncertain meaning. It can also function as a feminine form of Odysseus.
20062006: 52 births, rank #3,176
2007: 64 births, rank #2,822
2008: 59 births, rank #2,957
2009: 44 births, rank #3,619
2010: 49 births, rank #3,306
20112011: 46 births, rank #3,452
2012: 46 births, rank #3,464
2013: 47 births, rank #3,367
2014: 61 births, rank #2,809
2015: 75 births, rank #2,431
20162016: 81 births, rank #2,321
2017: 99 births, rank #1,989
2018: 112 births, rank #1,813
2019: 118 births, rank #1,745
2020: 131 births, rank #1,593
20212021: 126 births, rank #1,652
2022: 115 births, rank #1,782
2023: 109 births, rank #1,837
2024: 133 births, rank #1,579
20252025: 193 births, rank #1,192
Odessa rose from #988 to #954 for girls between 1955 and 1956. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 464 births.