Otelia

Last seen for girls in 1982 at #8,224

Peak · girls
1880 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,184
since 1880

Otelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Otelia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #679, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1982#8,2247
1981
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1979#7,3138
1978
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1971#8,3245
1970
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1966#4,4939
1965#6,5395
1964#6,0096
1963#4,5399
1962#5,8606
1961#4,23910
1960#4,7738
1959#5,0317
1958
1957#3,69611
1956#5,9525
1955#3,09514
1954#3,71810
1953#5,0406
1952#3,55210
1951#3,7149
1950#2,65215
1949#2,99912
1948#2,70114
1947#2,63715
1946#3,6658
1945#3,1329
1944#2,28715
1943#2,07918
1942#3,4448
1941#2,09616
1940#2,02916
1939#2,9229
1938#2,22514
1937#2,31713
1936#1,95016
1935#1,66321
1934#2,42412
1933#1,65821
1932#1,75420
1931#1,80319
1930#1,93418
1929#1,95318
1928#1,68024
1927#2,02619
1926#2,07618
1925#1,44332
1924#1,56629
1923#1,32735
1922#1,73024
1921#1,62527
1920#1,75123
1919#1,34833
1918#1,49728
1917#1,30731
1916#1,48525
1915#1,57122
1914#1,60317
1913#1,30819
1912#96028
1911#1,07117
1910#1,17115
1909#1,01516
1908#1,26111
1907#74925
1906#1,10112
1905#82520
1904#91016
1903#1,2049
1902#97213
1901#1,3397
1900#91717
1899#1,5965
1898#1,3797
1897#86714
1896#1,1229
1895#1,05310
1894#1,2377
1893#1,2776
1892
1891#89310
1890#69315
1889
1888
1887#1,1475
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Otelia was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Otelia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
  • Biggest jump: 679 spots in 1900 (#1,596#917)
  • Biggest drop: 512 spots in 1898 (#867#1,379)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #679 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,692
  • Highest: 1 in 12,692 girls born in 1890 were named Otelia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 241,904 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #679 in 1880, was only 1 in 12,999 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.0% of all girls named Otelia (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#679 (1880)#911
1890s83#693 (1890)#1,124
1900s146#749 (1907)#1,029
1910s235#960 (1912)#1,332
1920s249#1,327 (1923)#1,718
1930s163#1,658 (1933)#2,065
1940s131#2,029 (1940)#2,707
1950s87#2,652 (1950)#4,050
1960s53#4,239 (1961)#5,207
1970s13#7,313 (1979)#7,819
1980s7#8,224 (1982)#8,224

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Otelia in 1890

girls
#693
15 births · 1 in 12,692 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #693Otelia15
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 12,692 of them was named Otelia, which outranked 54.8% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Otelia
  1. #667Valeria16
  2. #667Vertie16
  3. #667Viva16
  4. #693Otelia15
  5. #693America15
  6. #693Beth15
  7. #693Clora15
  8. #727Adelina14
  9. #727Adelle14
  10. #727Augustine14

Tied with 33 names at #693; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890