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How popular is “Odessa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Odessa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Odessa” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Odessa” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Odessa” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Odessa” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Odessa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Odessa” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 14 0.000069484 14 100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 100%
1888 25 0.00008348 25 100%
1889 40 0.000138434 40 100%
1890 34 0.000112807 34 100%
1891 49 0.000170926 49 100%
1892 37 0.000110655 37 100%
1893 52 0.00015989 52 100%
1894 57 0.000168295 57 100%
1895 51 0.000145291 51 100%
1896 45 0.00012588 45 100%
1897 63 0.000181579 63 100%
1898 66 0.000173022 66 100%
1899 54 0.000159182 54 100%
1900 91 0.000202106 91 100%
1901 85 0.000245798 85 100%
1902 90 0.000232719 90 100%
1903 88 0.00023085 88 100%
1904 107 0.00026519 107 100%
1905 113 0.000266558 113 100%
1906 132 0.000308087 132 100%
1907 147 0.000315864 147 100%
1908 167 0.000341759 162 5 94%
1909 168 0.000328623 168 100%
1910 194 0.000328418 194 100%
1911 187 0.000290247 187 100%
1912 225 0.000227718 225 100%
1913 262 0.000230409 255 7 95%
1914 270 0.000190632 264 6 96%
1915 343 0.000187184 343 100%
1916 358 0.000185069 353 5 97%
1917 376 0.000187368 370 6 97%
1918 437 0.000201279 437 100%
1919 468 0.000221775 457 11 95%
1920 470 0.000207722 464 6 97%
1921 454 0.000194474 448 6 97%
1922 459 0.000200511 449 10 96%
1923 450 0.000195441 445 5 98%
1924 468 0.000196506 462 6 97%
1925 446 0.000191145 437 9 96%
1926 393 0.000171174 388 5 97%
1927 366 0.000157802 359 7 96%
1928 372 0.000164533 365 7 96%
1929 302 0.000137764 297 5 97%
1930 289 0.000129988 289 100%
1931 263 0.000124977 263 100%
1932 278 0.000131673 278 100%
1933 262 0.000131036 257 5 96%
1934 272 0.00013097 272 100%
1935 224 0.000107182 224 100%
1936 235 0.000113112 228 7 94%
1937 237 0.000111233 237 100%
1938 198 0.000089489 198 100%
1939 190 0.000086229 190 100%
1940 184 0.000079907 184 100%
1941 213 0.000087423 213 100%
1942 179 0.000065524 179 100%
1943 153 0.000054206 153 100%
1944 198 0.000073604 193 5 95%
1945 159 0.000059934 159 100%
1946 152 0.00004757 152 100%
1947 160 0.000044416 160 100%
1948 182 0.000052715 182 100%
1949 133 0.000038166 133 100%
1950 142 0.000040533 137 5 93%
1951 149 0.000040448 149 100%
1952 138 0.000036335 133 5 93%
1953 121 0.000031399 121 100%
1954 129 0.000032406 124 5 92%
1955 103 0.000025653 103 100%
1956 112 0.000027164 112 100%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 100%
1958 105 0.0000254 105 100%
1959 96 0.000023088 96 100%
1960 95 0.000022871 95 100%
1961 84 0.000020279 84 100%
1962 84 0.000020816 84 100%
1963 54 0.000013643 54 100%
1964 91 0.000023408 91 100%
1965 64 0.000017653 64 100%
1966 55 0.000015824 55 100%
1967 54 0.000015906 54 100%
1968 48 0.000014208 48 100%
1969 55 0.000015826 55 100%
1970 39 0.000010814 39 100%
1971 49 0.000014276 49 100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 100%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 100%
1976 53 0.000017467 53 100%
1977 52 0.00001637 52 100%
1978 54 0.000017014 54 100%
1979 64 0.000019237 64 100%
1980 45 0.000013064 45 100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 100%
1982 66 0.000018814 66 100%
1983 55 0.000015881 55 100%
1984 40 0.000011465 40 100%
1985 38 0.000010647 38 100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 100%
1989 39 0.000010145 39 100%
1990 48 0.000012144 48 100%
1991 49 0.000012579 49 100%
1992 41 0.000010674 36 5 76%
1993 43 0.000011405 38 5 77%
1994 36 0.000009684 36 100%
1995 53 0.000014472 53 100%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 100%
1997 52 0.000014342 52 100%
1998 47 0.000012778 41 6 74%
1999 55 0.00001489 55 100%
2000 56 0.000014815 56 100%
2001 52 0.000013891 52 100%
2002 52 0.00001391 52 100%
2003 59 0.000015517 59 100%
2004 60 0.000015703 60 100%
2005 46 0.000011964 46 100%
2006 52 0.000013144 52 100%
2007 64 0.000016009 64 100%
2008 59 0.00001501 59 100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 100%
2010 49 0.000013259 49 100%
2011 46 0.000012576 46 100%
2012 46 0.000012577 46 100%
2013 47 0.000012892 47 100%
2014 61 0.000016458 61 100%
2015 75 0.000020265 75 100%
2016 81 0.000022079 81 100%
2017 99 0.000027683 99 100%
2018 112 0.000031855 112 100%
2019 118 0.000033997 118 100%
2020 131 0.000039215 131 100%
2021 126 0.000037191 126 100%
2022 115 0.000033992 115 100%
2023 109 0.000032919 109 100%
2024 133 0.000039958 133 100%

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