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How popular is “Otha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Otha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Otha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Otha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Otha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Otha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Otha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Otha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 14 0.00005659 6 8 -14%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 22 0.000072992 8 14 -27%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 9 9 0%
1894 26 0.000076766 7 19 -46%
1895 22 0.000062674 8 14 -27%
1896 31 0.000086717 10 21 -35%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 21 0.000055052 7 14 -33%
1899 27 0.000079591 10 17 -26%
1900 33 0.000073291 12 21 -27%
1901 22 0.000063618 7 15 -36%
1902 30 0.000077573 11 19 -27%
1903 26 0.000068206 10 16 -23%
1904 26 0.000064439 7 19 -46%
1905 36 0.000084921 14 22 -22%
1906 33 0.000077022 11 22 -33%
1907 43 0.000092396 16 27 -26%
1908 40 0.000081858 11 29 -45%
1909 41 0.0000802 9 32 -56%
1910 39 0.000066022 11 28 -44%
1911 46 0.000071398 15 31 -35%
1912 82 0.000082991 23 59 -44%
1913 99 0.000087063 21 78 -58%
1914 101 0.00007131 21 80 -58%
1915 142 0.000077493 34 108 -52%
1916 126 0.000065136 35 91 -44%
1917 171 0.000085212 40 131 -53%
1918 157 0.000072313 38 119 -52%
1919 136 0.000064447 22 114 -68%
1920 174 0.000076901 34 140 -61%
1921 180 0.000077104 44 136 -51%
1922 163 0.000071205 45 118 -45%
1923 144 0.000062541 40 104 -44%
1924 137 0.000057524 35 102 -49%
1925 160 0.000068572 40 120 -50%
1926 152 0.000066205 28 124 -63%
1927 156 0.00006726 42 114 -46%
1928 143 0.000063248 44 99 -38%
1929 144 0.000065689 29 115 -60%
1930 121 0.000054424 31 90 -49%
1931 121 0.000057499 13 108 -79%
1932 124 0.000058732 22 102 -65%
1933 114 0.000057016 24 90 -58%
1934 137 0.000065966 24 113 -65%
1935 111 0.000053113 22 89 -60%
1936 104 0.000050058 25 79 -52%
1937 110 0.000051627 23 87 -58%
1938 111 0.000050168 18 93 -68%
1939 115 0.000052191 20 95 -65%
1940 106 0.000046033 26 80 -51%
1941 115 0.0000472 27 88 -53%
1942 115 0.000042097 28 87 -51%
1943 112 0.00003968 12 100 -79%
1944 110 0.000040891 18 92 -67%
1945 120 0.000045233 14 106 -77%
1946 98 0.00003067 19 79 -61%
1947 139 0.000038586 24 115 -65%
1948 123 0.000035626 20 103 -67%
1949 128 0.000036731 17 111 -73%
1950 120 0.000034253 13 107 -78%
1951 109 0.00002959 12 97 -78%
1952 109 0.000028699 13 96 -76%
1953 111 0.000028804 15 96 -73%
1954 104 0.000026126 13 91 -75%
1955 96 0.00002391 13 83 -73%
1956 100 0.000024254 5 95 -90%
1957 84 0.00001999 10 74 -76%
1958 78 0.000018868 10 68 -74%
1959 52 0.000012506 7 45 -73%
1960 63 0.000015167 10 53 -68%
1961 62 0.000014968 62 -100%
1962 71 0.000017594 5 66 -86%
1963 55 0.000013895 7 48 -75%
1964 47 0.00001209 47 -100%
1965 54 0.000014895 5 49 -81%
1966 49 0.000014098 5 44 -80%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 61 0.000017552 5 56 -84%
1970 32 0.000008873 32 -100%
1971 47 0.000013693 9 38 -62%
1972 36 0.000011454 36 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 29 0.000009539 29 -100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 -100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 -100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 -100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 -100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 -100%
1980 25 0.000007258 25 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 -100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 -100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%

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