How Many People Are Named Otha?
people named Otha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 137,042 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,789 babies named Otha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
180 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Otha, 12.4% were girls and 87.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Otha fell from 28.8% in the 1890s to 0% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Otha alive today is about 65 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Otha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 180 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Otha has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #435, in 1896. Among girls, its best rank was #982, in 1907.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #435 (1896) | #982 (1907) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #577 in the 1920s | #1,256 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Otha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Otha were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 344 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Otha was given 12.9 times as often in Mississippi, 4.9 times in Arkansas and 3.3 times in North Carolina.
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