Otha
Boy · OH-tha · Germanic
Otha is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Otha come from?
Germanic: probably a variant of Otho, a Latin form of Otto
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- OH-tha
Is Otha a girl's or a boy's name?
Otha is a boys' name.
How popular is Otha in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1920, with 140 boys.
Half of all the boys named Otha in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 32% of the babies named Otha in the US in 1896, and 19% in 1971.
Otha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,027 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,055 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 66 | #929 |
| 1961 | 62 | #979 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 |
| 1957 | 74 | #879 |
| 1956 | 95 | #752 |
| 1955 | 83 | #800 |
| 1954 | 91 | #748 |
| 1953 | 96 | #730 |
| 1952 | 96 | #716 |
| 1951 | 97 | #701 |
| 1950 | 107 | #671 |
| 1949 | 111 | #648 |
| 1948 | 103 | #665 |
| 1947 | 115 | #643 |
| 1946 | 79 | #738 |
| 1945 | 106 | #586 |
| 1944 | 92 | #642 |
| 1943 | 100 | #639 |
| 1942 | 87 | #687 |
| 1941 | 88 | #648 |
| 1940 | 80 | #676 |
| 1939 | 95 | #594 |
| 1938 | 93 | #615 |
| 1937 | 87 | #621 |
| 1936 | 79 | #660 |
| 1935 | 89 | #624 |
| 1934 | 113 | #555 |
| 1933 | 89 | #614 |
| 1932 | 103 | #583 |
| 1931 | 108 | #565 |
| 1930 | 90 | #645 |
| 1929 | 115 | #550 |
| 1928 | 99 | #613 |
| 1927 | 114 | #579 |
| 1926 | 124 | #545 |
| 1925 | 120 | #566 |
| 1924 | 102 | #635 |
| 1923 | 104 | #625 |
| 1922 | 118 | #594 |
| 1921 | 136 | #534 |
| 1920 | 140 | #516 |
| 1919 | 114 | #559 |
| 1918 | 119 | #549 |
| 1917 | 131 | #501 |
| 1916 | 91 | #612 |
| 1915 | 108 | #535 |
| 1914 | 80 | #555 |
| 1913 | 78 | #492 |
| 1912 | 59 | #510 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 28 | #537 |
| 1909 | 32 | #449 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 27 | #448 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 22 | #477 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 19 | #490 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 21 | #518 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 21 | #424 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 14 | #511 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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