Othon — boys' name
70 babies named Othon in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Othon was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Othon in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Othon
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Othon between 1927 and 2003, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Othon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Othon performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Othon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Othon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Othon 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 70 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.
Othon at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Othon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1927
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
70 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
Othon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 28 births that decade — 40% of Othon's all-time total
Othon decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Othon's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Othon by state
Where Othon concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 7.1% |
5 of 70 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.