Other — boys' name

What the Data Says About Other

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Other between 1909 and 1935, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Other currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Other performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Other shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Other in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Other 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 190 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.