Othell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Othell

The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Othell between 1919 and 1983, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Othell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Othell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 75 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Othell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Othell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Othell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Othell 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 165 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.