Othello — #5664 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Othello

The Social Security Administration has registered 679 babies named Othello between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Othello currently holds the #5664 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Othello is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 116 additional births since 1905.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Othello performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Othello shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Othello in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Othello 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 679 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.