Othniel
Boy · OTH-nee-el · Hebrew
Othniel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Othniel mean?
Hebrew
In the Book of Judges, Othniel, a kinsman of Caleb, is the first of the judges who led Israel.
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- OTH-nee-el
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Is Othniel a girl's or a boy's name?
Othniel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Othniel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Othniel, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Othniel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Othniel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Othniel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Othniel, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had more boys named Othniel than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Othniel in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Othniel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
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