Otoniel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-toh-NYEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Otoniel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Otoniel mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Othniel
The Spanish form of Othniel, the first of the judges who led Israel in the Book of Judges.
Is Otoniel a girl's or a boy's name?
Otoniel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Otoniel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Otoniel, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Otoniel in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Otoniel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
Names like Otoniel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Uriel, Gabriel, Adriel, Ariel, Eliel, Ezekiel, Oziel, Nathaniel, Josiah, Israel, Elijah, Isaiah
Names related to Otoniel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Otoniel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/otoniel, updated 20 October 2026.