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A given name in Dutch
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01 / Meaning & origin
Otho is a masculine given name documented in Dutch.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 1991: 5 boys (rank 8236).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Otho
Recorded category boys
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 18 | 403 | observed |
| 1881 | 26 | 318 | observed |
| 1882 | 25 | 355 | observed |
| 1883 | 22 | 359 | observed |
| 1884 | 17 | 450 | observed |
| 1885 | 18 | 422 | observed |
| 1886 | 21 | 383 | observed |
| 1887 | 27 | 321 | observed |
| 1888 | 23 | 387 | observed |
| 1889 | 17 | 446 | observed |
| 1890 | 14 | 511 | observed |
| 1891 | 16 | 441 | observed |
| 1892 | 22 | 404 | observed |
| 1893 | 19 | 419 | observed |
| 1894 | 18 | 464 | observed |
| 1895 | 15 | 529 | observed |
| 1896 | 23 | 407 | observed |
| 1897 | 18 | 459 | observed |
| 1898 | 15 | 543 | observed |
| 1899 | 17 | 457 | observed |
| 1900 | 21 | 518 | observed |
| 1901 | 24 | 383 | observed |
| 1902 | 36 | 326 | observed |
| 1903 | 18 | 505 | observed |
| 1904 | 23 | 444 | observed |
| 1905 | 26 | 421 | observed |
| 1906 | 20 | 503 | observed |
| 1907 | 17 | 616 | observed |
| 1908 | 30 | 438 | observed |
| 1909 | 26 | 505 | observed |
| 1910 | 31 | 501 | observed |
| 1911 | 32 | 525 | observed |
| 1912 | 66 | 484 | observed |
| 1913 | 65 | 537 | observed |
| 1914 | 82 | 543 | observed |
| 1915 | 109 | 531 | observed |
| 1916 | 88 | 620 | observed |
| 1917 | 104 | 581 | observed |
| 1918 | 89 | 651 | observed |
| 1919 | 89 | 649 | observed |
| 1920 | 82 | 718 | observed |
| 1921 | 101 | 637 | observed |
| 1922 | 103 | 637 | observed |
| 1923 | 62 | 860 | observed |
| 1924 | 98 | 647 | observed |
| 1925 | 78 | 739 | observed |
| 1926 | 72 | 759 | observed |
| 1927 | 64 | 840 | observed |
| 1928 | 62 | 835 | observed |
| 1929 | 62 | 826 | observed |
| 1930 | 50 | 958 | observed |
| 1931 | 54 | 869 | observed |
| 1932 | 53 | 874 | observed |
| 1933 | 52 | 860 | observed |
| 1934 | 44 | 956 | observed |
| 1935 | 46 | 930 | observed |
| 1936 | 45 | 917 | observed |
| 1937 | 37 | 1,056 | observed |
| 1938 | 46 | 927 | observed |
| 1939 | 44 | 942 | observed |
| 1940 | 25 | 1,334 | observed |
| 1941 | 43 | 971 | observed |
| 1942 | 22 | 1,496 | observed |
| 1943 | 41 | 1,053 | observed |
| 1944 | 24 | 1,370 | observed |
| 1945 | 30 | 1,204 | observed |
| 1946 | 17 | 1,759 | observed |
| 1947 | 28 | 1,394 | observed |
| 1948 | 28 | 1,378 | observed |
| 1949 | 27 | 1,409 | observed |
| 1950 | 18 | 1,746 | observed |
| 1951 | 21 | 1,643 | observed |
| 1952 | 21 | 1,665 | observed |
| 1953 | 24 | 1,551 | observed |
| 1954 | 13 | 2,207 | observed |
| 1955 | 18 | 1,845 | observed |
| 1956 | 19 | 1,821 | observed |
| 1957 | 18 | 1,887 | observed |
| 1958 | 12 | 2,370 | observed |
| 1959 | 18 | 1,916 | observed |
| 1960 | 22 | 1,728 | observed |
| 1961 | 14 | 2,242 | observed |
| 1962 | 15 | 2,117 | observed |
| 1963 | 11 | 2,539 | observed |
| 1964 | 15 | 2,114 | observed |
| 1965 | 15 | 2,084 | observed |
| 1966 | 5 | 3,948 | observed |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,760 | observed |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,136 | observed |
| 1969 | 6 | 3,935 | observed |
| 1970 | 12 | 2,739 | observed |
| 1971 | 10 | 3,146 | observed |
| 1972 | 7 | 3,963 | observed |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,694 | observed |
| 1974 | 9 | 3,558 | observed |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,797 | observed |
| 1976 | 6 | 4,935 | observed |
| 1977 | 13 | 3,037 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,056 | observed |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,525 | observed |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,262 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,315 | observed |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | 5 | 6,721 | observed |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,236 | observed |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Otho” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
OTHO— “happy (?)”
The masculine form of _aud_ was extremely common. We had it in the person of Ida, king of Bernicia; the North owned many an Audr; the Germans used Odde, Orto, and Otto, and when the gallant Saxon counts won the imperial crown, they took the old Latin Otho for the rendering of their name. France, meantime, had called her Burgundian prince Eudon, but when a relay of Norman Audrs appeared, they were Odons; and in the needlework with which Queen Matilda adorned Bayeux cathedral,…
The masculine form of _aud_ was extremely common. We had it in the person of Ida, king of Bernicia; the North owned many an Audr; the Germans used Odde, Orto, and Otto, and when the gallant Saxon counts won the imperial crown, they took the old Latin Otho for the rendering of their name. France, meantime, had called her Burgundian prince Eudon, but when a relay of Norman Audrs appeared, they were Odons; and in the needlework with which Queen Matilda adorned Bayeux cathedral, her husband’s doughty episcopal half-brother is always labelled ‘Odo Eps.’ But though we had previously had a grim Danish archbishop Odo, and though Domesday shows plenty of Eudos and Odos, neither form took root, and both are entirely continental.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section XI (Uta, Ortwin) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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