Otha

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 18% girls / 82% boys

Meaning

Otha is a given name and surname. Notable persons with that name include:

From Wikipedia

Otha first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 129 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 140 babies (rank #518 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Otha

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Otha yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

7,789

Total babies (all years)

129

Years in the data

140

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	8	#727
1881	6	#847
1882	10	#636
1883	13	#513
1884	7	#829
1886	10	#634
1887	8	#730
1889	11	#614
1890	14	#529
1891	13	#519
1892	13	#589
1893	9	#749
1894	19	#457
1895	14	#575
1896	21	#435
1897	12	#637
1898	14	#598
1899	17	#471
1900	21	#527
1901	15	#526
1902	19	#501
1903	16	#568
1904	19	#508
1905	22	#490
1906	22	#486
1907	27	#453
1908	29	#462
1909	32	#451
1910	28	#544
1911	31	#542
1912	59	#514
1913	78	#495
1914	80	#560
1915	108	#538
1916	91	#614
1917	131	#503
1918	119	#551
1919	114	#560
1920	140	#518
1921	136	#535
1922	118	#596
1923	104	#629
1924	102	#637
1925	120	#568
1926	124	#546
1927	114	#581
1928	99	#614
1929	115	#550
1930	90	#650
1931	108	#568
1932	102	#586
1933	90	#612
1934	113	#556
1935	89	#626
1936	79	#667
1937	87	#626
1938	93	#619
1939	95	#599
1940	80	#679
1941	88	#650
1942	87	#691
1943	100	#640
1944	92	#649
1945	106	#590
1946	79	#743
1947	115	#644
1948	103	#668
1949	111	#654
1950	107	#673
1951	97	#706
1952	96	#720
1953	96	#733
1954	91	#750
1955	83	#806
1956	95	#754
1957	74	#880
1958	68	#924
1959	45	#1,166
1960	53	#1,066
1961	62	#987
1962	66	#936
1963	48	#1,115
1964	47	#1,120
1965	49	#1,062
1966	44	#1,124
1967	33	#1,335
1968	35	#1,306
1969	56	#1,039
1970	32	#1,514
1971	38	#1,395
1972	36	#1,435
1973	24	#1,861
1974	29	#1,682
1975	27	#1,818
1976	32	#1,670
1977	27	#1,894
1978	29	#1,822
1979	24	#2,142
1980	25	#2,155
1981	25	#2,128
1982	23	#2,251
1983	22	#2,322
1984	15	#3,060
1985	15	#3,174
1986	14	#3,392
1987	19	#2,802
1988	17	#3,174
1989	17	#3,412
1990	18	#3,423
1991	11	#5,010
1992	11	#5,157
1993	12	#4,923
1994	12	#5,034
1995	15	#4,215
1996	13	#4,811
1997	12	#5,187
1998	7	#8,214
1999	5	#11,144
2000	7	#8,879
2001	10	#6,796
2002	8	#8,239
2003	9	#7,674
2004	8	#8,713
2005	6	#11,103
2006	5	#13,487
2008	6	#12,175
2012	5	#13,688
2014	5	#13,510
2018	7	#10,452