Otelia
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #8,224
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,184since 1880
Otelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Otelia has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,443 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Otelia was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Otelia is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#187 · 1 in 1,090
- North Carolina#359 · 1 in 3,409
Best ever in a state: #187 in Virginia, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #187 | 13 | 1 in 1,090 |
| North Carolina | #359 | 5 | 1 in 3,409 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Otelia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Biggest jump: 679 spots in 1900 (#1,596 → #917)
- Biggest drop: 512 spots in 1898 (#867 → #1,379)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #679 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1890–1891
- Highest: 1 in 12,692 girls born in 1890 were named Otelia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 241,904 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #679 in 1880, was only 1 in 12,999 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.0% of all girls named Otelia (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #679 (1880) | #911 |
| 1890s | 83 | #693 (1890) | #1,124 |
| 1900s | 146 | #749 (1907) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 235 | #960 (1912) | #1,332 |
| 1920s | 249 | #1,327 (1923) | #1,718 |
| 1930s | 163 | #1,658 (1933) | #2,065 |
| 1940s | 131 | #2,029 (1940) | #2,707 |
| 1950s | 87 | #2,652 (1950) | #4,050 |
| 1960s | 53 | #4,239 (1961) | #5,207 |
| 1970s | 13 | #7,313 (1979) | #7,819 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,224 (1982) | #8,224 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Otelia in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 19,933 of them was named Otelia, which outranked 72.1% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).