Recorded 1982–2025 · United States
Odyssey was most popular in 2022, when 46 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,979 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 775 people named Odyssey.
Odyssey first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1982, which makes it about 43 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 43 of the 44 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 775 American births named Odyssey between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 767 are estimated to be alive today.
35 American babies were named Odyssey in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Odyssey is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 35 births a year, against 21 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +65% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Odyssey is mostly a girl’s name — 94.7% of the 775 Americans given it were girls and 5.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 88% girls and 12% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 767 Americans named Odyssey are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 6 and 26.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org