Othel
Last seen for girls in 1940 at #4,349 · Last seen for boys in 1968 at #3,365
Given to boys 82.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 732since 1906
Othel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,827 | 19 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #1,152 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
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| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
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| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Othel! It came in at #1,004, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Othel is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Othel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1909 at #893 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1909
- Highest: 1 in 14,909 boys born in 1909 were named Othel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 248,282 boys born in 1968 (0.00%)
- 32.5% of all boys named Othel (238) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1936, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | #893 (1909) | #949 |
| 1910s | 184 | #1,152 (1917) | #1,436 |
| 1920s | 238 | #1,140 (1921) | #1,593 |
| 1930s | 126 | #1,644 (1933) | #1,986 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,894 (1940) | #2,514 |
| 1950s | 39 | #2,743 (1954) | #3,384 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,318 (1963) | #3,595 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Othel in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 14,909 of them was named Othel, which outranked 46.8% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).