Otelia
Otelia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 713th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192335 births
- Best rank
- #713in 1890
- Since 1880
- 1,184people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,184 girls have been named Otelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 35 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 35 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Otelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | |
| 1890s | 83 | |
| 1900s | 146 | |
| 1910s | 235 | |
| 1920s | 249 | |
| 1930s | 163 | |
| 1940s | 131 | |
| 1950s | 87 | |
| 1960s | 53 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 7 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Otelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Otelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lubertapeak 1925
- Lethapeak 1918
- Ressiepeak 1917
- Violapeak 1918
- Lomapeak 1921
- Henrettapeak 1916
- Fletapeak 1917
- Leonepeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.