girls:
75 births since 1915
#5641 (1st percentile)
boys:
165 births since 1919
#4421 (4th percentile)
overall:
240 births since 1915
#7499 (3rd percentile)
The name Othell is the #7,499 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 240 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,421 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 165 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,641 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 75 births since 1915.
Othell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1919 for boys). Birth data for Othell is available in 30 out of the 69 years between 1915 and 1983 (25 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Othell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.8% of all recorded births). In 1983, 100.0% of babies named Othell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1928, the name was more popular for girls (64.8% girls from 1915 to 1927), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (96.2% boys from 1928 to 1983).
For boys, Othell reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #548) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1983.
For girls, Othell reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #586) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1928.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Othell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Othell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Othell is pronounced as oh-THEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OH-thehl, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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