How Many People Are Named Othel?
people named Othel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,848,207 people in the US has this name
Based on 886 babies named Othel in Social Security records from 1906 to 1968, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Othel, 6.5% were girls and 93.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Othel fell from 26.7% in the 1910s to 5% in the 1940s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Othel alive today is about 77 years old, and 95% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 68 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Othel first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 1921, to 45 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1968.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 1968
🏆 Rank History
Othel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #939, in 1909. Among girls, its best rank was #1,939, in 1916.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #939 (1909) | #1,939 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,556 in the 1920s | #2,987 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Othel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Othel were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Othel was given about 19.7 times as often in Arkansas.
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