Otho

Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236

Peak · boys
1881 · 26 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,328
since 1880

Otho over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Otho has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #318, 1881boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
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1991#8,2365
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984#6,3155
1983
1982
1981#6,2625
1980#5,5256
1979#6,0565
1978
1977#3,03713
1976#4,9356
1975#4,7976
1974#3,5589
1973#3,6948
1972#3,9637
1971#3,14610
1970#2,73912
1969#3,9356
1968#4,1365
1967#2,7609
1966#3,9485
1965#2,08415
1964#2,11415
1963#2,53911
1962#2,11715
1961#2,24214
1960#1,72822
1959#1,91618
1958#2,37012
1957#1,88718
1956#1,82119
1955#1,84518
1954#2,20713
1953#1,55124
1952#1,66521
1951#1,64321
1950#1,74618
1949#1,40927
1948#1,37828
1947#1,39428
1946#1,75917
1945#1,20430
1944#1,37024
1943#1,05341
1942#1,49622
1941#97143
1940#1,33425
1939#94244
1938#92746
1937#1,05637
1936#91745
1935#93046
1934#95644
1933#86052
1932#87453
1931#86954
1930#95850
1929#82662
1928#83562
1927#84064
1926#75972
1925#73978
1924#64798
1923#86062
1922#637103
1921#637101
1920#71882
1919#64989
1918#65189
1917#581104
1916#62088
1915#531109
1914#54382
1913#53765
1912#48466
1911#52532
1910#50131
1909#50526
1908#43830
1907#61617
1906#50320
1905#42126
1904#44423
1903#50518
1902#32636
1901#38324
1900#51821
1899#45717
1898#54315
1897#45918
1896#40723
1895#52915
1894#46418
1893#41919
1892#40422
1891#44116
1890#51114
1889#44617
1888#38723
1887#32127
1886#38321
1885#42218
1884#45017
1883#35922
1882#35525
1881#31826
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Otho was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Otho
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 363 spots in 1941 (#1,334#971)
  • Biggest drop: 525 spots in 1942 (#971#1,496)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #318 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 73 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,407
  • Highest: 1 in 3,407 boys born in 1902 were named Otho (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #318 in 1881, was only 1 in 3,874 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.6% of all boys named Otho (784) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s214#318 (1881)#384
1890s177#404 (1892)#463
1900s241#326 (1902)#466
1910s755#484 (1912)#562
1920s784#637 (1922)#750
1930s471#860 (1933)#929
1940s285#971 (1941)#1,337
1950s182#1,551 (1953)#1,865
1960s117#1,728 (1960)#2,760
1970s76#2,739 (1970)#3,992
1980s21#5,525 (1980)#6,206
1990s5#8,236 (1991)#8,236

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.

Otho in 1902

boys
#326
36 births · 1 in 3,407 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #326Otho36
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 3,407 of them was named Otho, which outranked 75.3% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Otho
  1. #317Fletcher37
  2. #317Nick37
  3. #317Riley37
  4. #326Otho36
  5. #326Angelo36
  6. #326Lucius36
  7. #326Myron36
  8. #331Coy35
  9. #331Dick35
  10. #331Pat35

Tied with 4 names at #326; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 551Judge#1,058#507
  2. 522Ottis#1,058#536
  3. 502Lonzo#1,058#556
  4. 475Eldred#1,058#583
  5. 468Rogers#943#475
Fallers
  1. 541Carmen#596#1,137
  2. 541Alf#596#1,137
  3. 541Orrin#596#1,137
  4. 528Davis#334#862
  5. 500Guadalupe#433#933

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

See the top 100 for 1902