Quick answers about Otha
How many people are named Otha?
An estimated 1,938 living Americans are named Otha.
How rare is Otha?
Otha fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Otha?
The median age of a living American named Otha is approximately 65 years, with most bearers falling between 51 and 75 years old.
Is Otha still popular?
Not especially. Otha has been declining since its 1920 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Otha most common?
Otha has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 16.5× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19202025
Where it lives now
Otha is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 12.7× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Otha is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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