Otho
Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,328since 1880
Otho over time
Rank among boys' names. Otho has never cracked the top 300 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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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,204 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #927 | 46 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #917 | 45 |
| 1935 | #930 | 46 |
| 1934 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | #860 | 52 |
| 1932 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #869 | 54 |
| 1930 | #958 | 50 |
| 1929 | #826 | 62 |
| 1928 | #835 | 62 |
| 1927 | #840 | 64 |
| 1926 | #759 | 72 |
| 1925 | #739 | 78 |
| 1924 | #647 | 98 |
| 1923 | #860 | 62 |
| 1922 | #637 | 103 |
| 1921 | #637 | 101 |
| 1920 | #718 | 82 |
| 1919 | #649 | 89 |
| 1918 | #651 | 89 |
| 1917 | #581 | 104 |
| 1916 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #531 | 109 |
| 1914 | #543 | 82 |
| 1913 | #537 | 65 |
| 1912 | #484 | 66 |
| 1911 | #525 | 32 |
| 1910 | #501 | 31 |
| 1909 | #505 | 26 |
| 1908 | #438 | 30 |
| 1907 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | #503 | 20 |
| 1905 | #421 | 26 |
| 1904 | #444 | 23 |
| 1903 | #505 | 18 |
| 1902 | #326 | 36 |
| 1901 | #383 | 24 |
| 1900 | #518 | 21 |
| 1899 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #459 | 18 |
| 1896 | #407 | 23 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #464 | 18 |
| 1893 | #419 | 19 |
| 1892 | #404 | 22 |
| 1891 | #441 | 16 |
| 1890 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #387 | 23 |
| 1887 | #321 | 27 |
| 1886 | #383 | 21 |
| 1885 | #422 | 18 |
| 1884 | #450 | 17 |
| 1883 | #359 | 22 |
| 1882 | #355 | 25 |
| 1881 | #318 | 26 |
| 1880 | #403 | 18 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Otho was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Otho is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#293 · 1 in 2,890
- Mississippi#371 · 1 in 4,222
- Texas#813 · 1 in 11,773
Best ever in a state: #126 in Mississippi, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #293 | 8 | 1 in 2,890 |
| Mississippi | #371 | 5 | 1 in 4,222 |
| Texas | #813 | 5 | 1 in 11,773 |
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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 Otho
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 363 spots in 1941 (#1,334 → #971)
- Biggest drop: 525 spots in 1942 (#971 → #1,496)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #318 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 73 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1936
- Highest: 1 in 3,407 boys born in 1902 were named Otho (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #318 in 1881, was only 1 in 3,874 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.6% of all boys named Otho (784) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 214 | #318 (1881) | #384 |
| 1890s | 177 | #404 (1892) | #463 |
| 1900s | 241 | #326 (1902) | #466 |
| 1910s | 755 | #484 (1912) | #562 |
| 1920s | 784 | #637 (1922) | #750 |
| 1930s | 471 | #860 (1933) | #929 |
| 1940s | 285 | #971 (1941) | #1,337 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,551 (1953) | #1,865 |
| 1960s | 117 | #1,728 (1960) | #2,760 |
| 1970s | 76 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,992 |
| 1980s | 21 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,206 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,236 |
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.
Otho in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
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1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 25,156 of them was named Otho, which outranked 76.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).