girl's name

Othelia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 333

Othelia is a girl's name. In 1952 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1917, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1895.

Othelia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1950s. The striped bar is the 1950s, still in progress — it covers 1950 to 1952, not a full ten years.

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Births named Othelia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 7
1900s 20
1910s 98
1920s 104
1930s 58
1940s 27
1950s (to 1952) 12

How popular is Othelia?

In 1952, Othelia was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Othelia is used

United States #4,964 6 in 1952
England & Wales #5,001 4 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Othelia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Othelia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Othelia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Othelia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Othelia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Othelia

How popular is the name Othelia?

In 1952, Othelia was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Othelia a girl's or a boy's name?

Othelia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Othelia most popular?

Othelia peaked in 1917, when 19 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.