Othel · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Othel.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1906

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 51 recorded years as a table

Othel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1906	53
1909	67
1911	35
1912	19
1913	23
1914	26
1915	33
1916	21
1917	37
1918	30
1919	29
1920	18
1921	35
1922	17
1923	16
1924	24
1925	21
1926	20
1927	23
1928	23
1929	20
1930	12
1931	15
1932	11
1933	18
1934	15
1935	16
1937	11
1938	8
1939	12
1940	12
1941	10
1942	4
1943	6
1944	7
1945	7
1946	4
1947	7
1948	5
1949	6
1950	3
1951	4
1953	3
1954	4
1957	2
1959	3
1960	2
1961	3
1963	3
1964	3
1968	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Othel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Othel

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968: 7
Rank in 1968: #3,365
How rare: 1 in 248,282 boys
Since 1906: 732

Othel was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 67 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Othel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.