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Othniel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 47 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,186 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,186 in 2018; #2,746 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Othniel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,746 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #2,186.
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Othniel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 47 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,186 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 64 (2018).
In 2025, 47 US boys were named Othniel, making it the 2,746th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,017 places from #3,763 in 2024. That is 17 more than the 30 boys named Othniel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,186, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 64. For comparison, it was #3,568 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Othniel in 37 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1924 with 5 babies. In all, 715 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 325 babies named Othniel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 417 US boys were named Othniel; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 64. In 2025 that was about 1 in 36,342 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Othniel ranked highest in California in 2025, at #2,714 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5 | #2,714 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 47 | #2,746 |
| 2024 | — | — | 30 | #3,763 |
| 2023 | — | — | 36 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | — | — | 33 | #3,515 |
| 2021 | — | — | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2020 | — | — | 38 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | — | — | 56 | #2,413 |
| 2018 | — | — | 64 | #2,186 |
| 2017 | — | — | 44 | #2,788 |
| 2016 | — | — | 27 | #3,959 |
| 2015 | — | — | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2014 | — | — | 37 | #3,074 |
| 2013 | — | — | 24 | #4,147 |
| 2012 | — | — | 19 | #4,995 |
| 2011 | — | — | 12 | #6,896 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,446 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,570 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #5,986 |
| 2007 | — | — | 14 | #6,178 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #9,346 |
| 2005 | — | — | 8 | #8,890 |
| 2004 | — | — | 8 | #8,715 |
| 2003 | — | — | 13 | #5,795 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,990 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #8,975 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,680 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,319 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,715 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,588 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #9,853 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,181 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #9,225 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,760 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,795 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,335 |
| 1972 | — | — | 6 | #4,820 |
| 1924 | — | — | 5 | #4,803 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).