Othello*
#5,477 most common boys' name of all time · #13,605 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1905–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,477
Rank overall
#13,605 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
803
Since 2016
115
Peak year
1919 #2,216
Best rank
#1,841 1914
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Othello first appears in 1905. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,955 |
| 2024 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,676 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,894 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,653 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,674 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,119 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,645 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,713 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,850 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,852 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,038 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,067 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,979 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,782 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,696 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,023 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,563 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,404 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,474 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,011 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,684 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,025 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,966 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,578 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,244 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,857 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,972 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,088 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,198 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,457 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,635 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,716 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,333 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,205 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,697 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,058 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,677 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,399 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,967 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,120 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,891 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,626 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,286 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,534 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,172 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,921 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,097 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,175 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,197 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,105 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,210 |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,635 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,040 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,254 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,580 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,231 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,546 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,788 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,470 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,169 |
| 1930 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,112 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,932 |
| 1927 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,542 |
| 1926 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,824 |
| 1925 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,505 |
| 1924 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,700 |
| 1923 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #2,076 |
| 1922 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #3,089 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,427 |
| 1920 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,277 |
| 1919 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #2,216 |
| 1918 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,768 |
| 1917 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,029 |
| 1916 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #2,464 |
| 1915 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #2,908 |
| 1914 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #1,841 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,961 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | — |