Other

Boys' name

From Old Norse Othorere; literal meaning unconfirmed

Other has been given to 190 babies in the U.S. since 1909. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Other, 1935

1 in 299,000

Other over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Other: meaning, origin, and history

From Old Norse Othorere; literal meaning unconfirmed

Old Norse

What Other means

Other is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old Norse Othorere, originating during the Viking occupation of England.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Other (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Other is used in English. Its origins include Old Norse.

Other comes through Old Norse Othorere.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 190 boys were recorded with the name Other between 1909 and 1935. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1916; its best national rank was #1,409 in 1909.

How common is Other?

Other had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1935, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1935: 1 in 299,000; 7 of 2,089,888 births
Among boys only: 1 in 149,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1935: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 206,944 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Other sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1935 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 206,944 children born in 1935 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Other. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Others were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Other was born before 1921 — so the typical Other is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 42.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 96.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 42.6% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Other rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (15)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,409; 1909

Spellings of Other

Other is not the most common spelling — Asher is, with 43.4% against Other's 0.07%.

Asher43.4%111,227
Luther26.1%66,986
Theo14.0%35,830
Omer3.5%8,856
Otha2.5%6,386
Arther1.9%4,993
Thor1.9%4,857
Ethen1.5%3,858

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Other is used

Across 1910–2025, Other was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 436,481 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Mississippi1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Other has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Other by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,409; 1909
Peak year: 1916; 15 that year
First recorded: 1909
Last recorded: 1935
All-time count: 190
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Other

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Othal Osher Taher Othman Othar Othmar Cypher Sher Othell Jasher Othon Topher Othel Escher Othello Othniel Ascher Maher Aether Othie Usher Walther Othor Lesther

Sibling names for Other

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Albina

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer

Explore around Other

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