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Otoniel

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Otoniel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
120.00% of boys
Peak year
199539 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1958
1,060people given the name
Babies named Otoniel, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,060 boys have been named Otoniel in the United States since 1958, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 39 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 24%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Otoniel
1950s6
1960s30
1970s87
1980s136
1990s255
2000s256
2010s201
2020s89

In 1995, its biggest year

Otoniel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1995 were Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Jacob and Joshua. See all of 1995.

Names that rose and fell with Otoniel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.