Othello
Boy · oh-THEL-oh · Italian
Othello is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Othello mean?
Italian: Shakespeare's name, perhaps from Italian Otello, a diminutive of Otto
Othello is the Moorish general deceived by Iago in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (c. 1603).
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- oh-THEL-oh
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Is Othello a girl's or a boy's name?
Othello is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Othello in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Othello, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Othello than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Othello in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Othello in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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