Otha
Last seen for girls in 1971 at #5,543 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #9,670
Given to boys 82.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,386since 1880
Otha over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,086 | 25 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,110 | 25 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,794 | 29 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,858 | 27 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,646 | 32 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,787 | 27 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,659 | 29 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,027 | 56 |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,312 | 33 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #1,116 | 44 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,055 | 49 |
| 1964 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #930 | 66 |
| 1961 | — | #980 | 62 | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,058 | 53 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,156 | 45 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #915 | 68 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #880 | 74 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #753 | 95 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #801 | 83 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #749 | 91 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #731 | 96 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #717 | 96 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #702 | 97 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #672 | 107 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #649 | 111 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 | #666 | 103 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | #643 | 115 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #738 | 79 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #586 | 106 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | #642 | 92 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #639 | 100 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | #687 | 87 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | #648 | 88 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 | #676 | 80 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #594 | 95 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | #615 | 93 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #621 | 87 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 | #660 | 79 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #624 | 89 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | #555 | 113 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | #614 | 89 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #583 | 103 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #565 | 108 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 | #645 | 90 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 | #550 | 115 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 | #613 | 99 |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 | #579 | 114 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | #545 | 124 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 | #566 | 120 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 | #635 | 102 |
| 1923 | #1,231 | 40 | #625 | 104 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 | #594 | 118 |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | #534 | 136 |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 | #516 | 140 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | #559 | 114 |
| 1918 | #1,214 | 38 | #549 | 119 |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 | #501 | 131 |
| 1916 | #1,210 | 35 | #612 | 91 |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 | #535 | 108 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | #555 | 80 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #492 | 78 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 | #510 | 59 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #533 | 31 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #537 | 28 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #449 | 32 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | #452 | 29 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | #448 | 27 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #492 | 19 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | #490 | 19 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | #518 | 21 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | #424 | 21 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | #556 | 14 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Otha was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Otha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1894 (#705 → #439)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1884 (#497 → #764)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #424 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 102 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1889–1958
- Highest: 1 in 5,125 boys born in 1909 were named Otha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 259,451 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #424 in 1896, was only 1 in 5,694 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.4% of all boys named Otha (1,172) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1893, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #497 (1883) | #650 |
| 1890s | 146 | #424 (1896) | #535 |
| 1900s | 222 | #448 (1907) | #485 |
| 1910s | 839 | #492 (1913) | #538 |
| 1920s | 1,172 | #516 (1920) | #576 |
| 1930s | 946 | #555 (1934) | #608 |
| 1940s | 961 | #586 (1945) | #657 |
| 1950s | 852 | #672 (1950) | #808 |
| 1960s | 493 | #930 (1962) | #1,097 |
| 1970s | 298 | #1,378 (1971) | #1,696 |
| 1980s | 192 | #2,086 (1981) | #2,710 |
| 1990s | 116 | #3,309 (1990) | #5,354 |
| 2000s | 59 | #6,445 (2001) | #8,866 |
| 2010s | 17 | #9,670 (2018) | #11,351 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Otha in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 38,581 of them was named Otha, which outranked 42.3% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,369Willetta10
- #1,369Williemae10
- #1,369Zela10
- #1,471Otha9
- #1,471Aldine9
- #1,471Alexandra9
- #1,471Alvie9
- #1,607Abby8
- #1,607Adelyn8
- #1,607Alcie8
Tied with 135 names at #1,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 5,125 of them was named Otha, which outranked 73.3% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).