Othel*
#5,160 most common boys' name of all time · #12,814 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1906–1968 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,160
Rank overall
#12,814 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
886
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,157
Best rank
#949 1909
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Othel first appears in 1906. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,435 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,708 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,410 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,169 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,722 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,114 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,818 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,538 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,922 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,805 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,511 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,269 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,309 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,382 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,837 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,313 |
| 1941 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,145 |
| 1940 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #1,947 |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,009 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1935 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,741 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,836 |
| 1933 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,684 |
| 1932 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,258 |
| 1931 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #1,896 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1929 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,653 |
| 1928 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #1,506 |
| 1927 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #1,502 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1925 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #1,621 |
| 1924 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #1,483 |
| 1923 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #1,987 |
| 1922 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,864 |
| 1921 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #1,157 |
| 1920 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,858 |
| 1919 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #1,377 |
| 1918 | 13 | 30 | 43 | #1,307 |
| 1917 | 7 | 34 | 41 | #1,168 |
| 1916 | 18 | 19 | 37 | #1,679 |
| 1915 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #1,261 |
| 1914 | 10 | 17 | 27 | #1,530 |
| 1913 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #1,652 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,982 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,370 |
| 1909 | — | 11 | 11 | #949 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,109 |