Othel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Othel

The Social Security Administration has registered 732 babies named Othel between 1906 and 1968, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Othel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Othel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 154 additional births since 1913.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Othel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Othel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Othel in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Othel 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 732 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.