How Many People Are Named Otelia?
people named Otelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,356,289 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,184 babies named Otelia in Social Security records from 1880 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Otelia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Otelia alive today is about 74 years old, and 89% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Otelia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Otelia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #713, in 1890.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #713 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,705 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Otelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Otelia were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Otelia was given 30.8 times as often in Virginia and 6 times in North Carolina.
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