Otelia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Otelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,184 babies named Otelia between 1880 and 1982, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Otelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Otelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Otelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 233 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Otelia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Otelia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,184 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.