Otho — boys' name

What the Data Says About Otho

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,328 babies named Otho between 1880 and 1991, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Otho currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 109 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Otho performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 784 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Otho shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 285 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Otho in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Otho 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 3,328 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.