Othella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Othella

The Social Security Administration has registered 708 babies named Othella between 1889 and 1973, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Othella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Othella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Othella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Othella in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Othella 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 708 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.