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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#352 · 1 in 2,703
Best ever in a state: #251 in Arkansas, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #352 | 6 | 1 in 2,703 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 89,049 of them was named Othel, which outranked 54.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,376Wynelle14
- #2,376Zilla14
- #2,376Zulema14
- #2,519Othel13
- #2,519Adabelle13
- #2,519Aleatha13
- #2,519Alleene13
- #2,674Adrian12
- #2,674Albie12
- #2,674Albirda12
Tied with 154 names at #2,519; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 33,783 of them was named Othel, which outranked 73.3% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,256Unknown31
- #1,256Vernice31
- #1,256Virginia31
- #1,286Othel30
- #1,286Aleck30
- #1,286Aubry30
- #1,286Aurelio30
- #1,313Alcide29
- #1,313Algie29
- #1,313Alvan29
Tied with 26 names at #1,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.