Odessia

Popularity Trends

The name Odessia is the #7,138 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 601 recorded births since 1901. This represents the 7.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,115 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 601 births since 1901.

Odessia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1901 (first recorded for girls in 1901). Birth data for Odessia is available in 52 out of the 75 years between 1901 and 1975. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Odessia reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #577) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 24 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1975.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Odessia".

1901 1975 19011975

Key Statistics

Total Births

601

Peak Births

Peak Year

1922

First Recorded

1901

Peak Percentile

3.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#577

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Odessia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Odessia.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Odessia's popularity from 1898 to 1978 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Odessia at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Odessia range from Ilean at 86.6% correlation to Eldon at 81.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 83.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Dorothy with 1.1M births (100% girls) and the least popular is Ilean with 965 births (100% girls).

Odessia's share of births peaked at 23.6 births per million for girls in 1922. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (10% of peak) in 1959. In 1975, the most recent period with data, the name Odessia had 3.2 births per million, 14% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Ilean

965

86.65% (very strong)

Verla

6,190

83.45% (very strong)

Lorean

1,368

83.19% (very strong)

Elease

3,047

83.17% (very strong)

Dorris

9,035

82.84% (very strong)

Delmer

7,664

82.74% (very strong)

Lorine

8,757

82.65% (very strong)

Alene

8,742

82.40% (very strong)

Dorothy

1.1M

82.34% (very strong)

Virginia

653.8k

82.18% (very strong)

Delmar

14.3k

82.10% (very strong)

Eldon

26k

81.89% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Odessia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Odessia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.7% confident that Odessia is pronounced as oh-DEH-see-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is oh-DEH-shuh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

oh-DEH-see-uh

85.7%

oh-DEH-shuh

14.3%

oh-DEH-see-uh (4 syllables)

85.7% confidence

OW0 D EH1 S IY0 AH0

oh-DEH-shuh (3 syllables)

14.3% confidence

OW0 D EH1 SH AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like OW0 D EH1 S IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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