Otello — boys' name
6 babies named Otello in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Otello was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Otello in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Otello
The Social Security Administration has registered 6 babies named Otello between 1929 and 1929, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Otello currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Otello performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Otello 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 6 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.
Otello at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Otello popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1929
- Peak year (1929)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
6 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 6 births in a single year.
Otello by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 6 births that decade — 100% of Otello's all-time total
Otello decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Otello's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.