Othniel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Othniel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Othniel: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #619, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#619highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2007	#4333
2008	#2276
2009	#1981
2010	#2036
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#1706
2014	#2248
2015	#2319
2016	#2335
2017	#2512
2018	#1786
2019	#2104
2020	#1935
2021	#1782
2022	#2755
2023	#1461
2024	#1132

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #1132 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1132 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Othniel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Othniel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	95	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	73	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Othniel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024.

Othniel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1132	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #619, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dougal · #619, 27y
Holden · #619, 25y
Zuriel · #619, 23y
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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Zuriel · #619, 23y
Aeva · #620, 10y
Artie · #618, 18y
Izaan · #620, 21y

Othniel was ranked #619 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Othniel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Othniel without appearing here.

Othniel moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4107.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3467 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1981 and #4527.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2319 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4333 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2319 and #4747.

Moved the opposite way to Othniel

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 while Adam went from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 while Alan went from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Othniel

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 and Albie from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 and Alfie from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 and Alfred from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Othniel went from #3225 to #1132 and Archie from #55 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Othniel

Othniel at a glance

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Othniel at a glance

Othniel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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