girls:
682 births since 1982
#5034 (12th percentile)
boys:
32 births since 1997
#4554 (1st percentile)
overall:
714 births since 1982
#7025 (9th percentile)
The name Odyssey is the #7,025 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 714 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,034 (11.9% percentile) for all time with 682 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,554 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 32 births since 1997.
Odyssey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Odyssey is available in 41 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (41 years for girls and 5 years for boys). 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.
The name Odyssey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.1% of babies named Odyssey were girls.
For girls, Odyssey reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #924) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Odyssey ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 65.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Odyssey reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Odyssey is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Odyssey".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Odyssey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Odyssey is pronounced as AH-duh-see, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AW-duh-see, at 13.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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