Odessa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Odessa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Odessa: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,073 in 2021, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2073highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2006	#4157
2008	#3860
2010	#5707
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2016	#4096
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2020	#3447
2021	#2073
2022	#4645
2023	#5687
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2073 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Odessa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Odessa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	25	6 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Odessa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2073 in England and Wales in 2021.

Odessa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,073, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahaana · #2073, 10y
Bee · #2073, 14y
Billie-Mae · #2073, 16y
Dali · #2073, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Bee · #2073, 14y
Dali · #2073, 15y
Neli · #2073, 15y
Daniya · #2070, 24y

Odessa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Odessa without appearing here.

Odessa moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Pauline Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #4634.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Odessa

Eabha Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #3156.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Odessa

Tyler Compare
Between 2002 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Odessa went from #4137 to #2073 while Tyler went from #294 to #5581.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2073 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Odessa

Odessa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Odessa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Odessa at a glance

Odessa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Odessa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Odessa and the names beside it

Odessa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Odessa

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