Meaning and history
Perhaps a diminutive of Otho, this name was used by William Shakespeare in his tragedy Othello (1603), where it belongs to a Moor who is manipulated by Iago into killing his wife Desdemona.
20062006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 6 births, rank #10,994
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 11 births, rank #7,009
2012: 6 births, rank #10,770
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 11 births, rank #7,095
2018: 8 births, rank #8,819
2019: 10 births, rank #7,643
2020: 12 births, rank #6,620
20212021: 10 births, rank #7,587
2022: 15 births, rank #5,874
2023: 15 births, rank #5,927
2024: 16 births, rank #5,659
20252025: 8 births, rank #8,910
In 2025, 8 babies were recorded with the name Othello, ranking #8,910 among boys.