Othniel
Othniel was the 2746th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2186th with 64 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 822 places. More babies were named Othniel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,746 boys, up 315 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 47boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201864 babies
- Total since 1880
- 715babies recorded
Othniel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,746 | 47 |
| 2020 | #3,061 | 38 |
| 2010 | #7,446 | 11 |
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How popular is Othniel, counting every spelling?
Othniel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Othniel?
47 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Othniel (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Othniel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 179 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Othniel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Othniel?
About 700 people born in the US named Othniel are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Othniel a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Othniel by state
How common Othniel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Othniel
How popular is the name Othniel?
Othniel was the 2746th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2186th with 64 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 822 places. More babies were named Othniel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Othniel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Othniel in the US.
Where is Othniel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Othniel was most common in Maryland (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Massachusetts and Ohio.