Odysseus

#2,869 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Odysseus has been given to 526 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #2,869 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 44 recorded.

Babies named Odysseus, 2025

1 in 75,300

Odysseus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Odysseus: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Ancient Greek

What Odysseus means

Odysseus is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Ulysses.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Odysseus (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Odysseus is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Odysseus comes through Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ulysses.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Odysseus is pronounced /əˈdɪsjuːs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 526 boys were recorded with the name Odysseus between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,827 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,827 in 2020 to #2,869 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,369 in 2015 to #2,869 in 2025.

How common is Odysseus?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 75,300; 44 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 38,800; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #2,869; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 52,226 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Odysseus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 52,226 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Odysseus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Odysseuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Odysseus was born before 2019 — so the typical Odysseus is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 47.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 526; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 47.0% of all recorded uses (247).

Is Odysseus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +276; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −42; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,500; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.91×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (44)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,827; 2020

Where Odysseus is used

Across 1910–2025, Odysseus was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 524,345 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 in —
3Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Odysseus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Odysseus around the world

Where Odysseus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2010–2025
#3,256
in 2025
Canada
2021–2024
#3,231
in 2024
South Australia
1981–1981
#425
in 1981

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Odysseus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #2,869
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 42
Best rank ever: #2,827; 2020
Peak year: 2025; 44 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 526
Count in 2025: 44

Names similar to Odysseus

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Odysseus

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Keren Eloisa Shoshana Nila Karleigh Kamilah Denisse

For a brother

Evans Caesar Leander Hamilton Henri Lucio Gray Arvin

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