Otelia is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Otelia is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1982. Otelia first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (35 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,918 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #7,823 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #9,224 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #4,764 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #7,237 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,555 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,801 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,368 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,461 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #5,065 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #5,414 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | #3,868 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,645 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | #3,190 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,898 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,491 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #3,727 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,924 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #2,745 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,130 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,802 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,743 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,903 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,326 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #2,369 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | #2,133 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,658 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | #2,167 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #3,092 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #2,312 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,420 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #2,006 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,535 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #1,703 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | #1,802 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | #1,858 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #2,005 |
| 1929 | 18 | — | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | #1,726 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | #2,080 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | #2,137 |
| 1925 | 32 | — | #1,462 |
| 1924 | 29 | — | #1,598 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #1,346 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,774 |
| 1921 | 27 | — | #1,661 |
| 1920 | 23 | — | #1,797 |
| 1919 | 33 | — | #1,363 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | #1,526 |
| 1917 | 31 | — | #1,327 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,521 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,607 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,649 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | #1,348 |
| 1912 | 28 | — | #970 |
| 1911 | 17 | — | #1,101 |
| 1910 | 15 | — | #1,197 |
| 1909 | 16 | — | #1,041 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,328 |
| 1907 | 25 | — | #757 |
| 1906 | 12 | — | #1,146 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | #845 |
| 1904 | 16 | — | #928 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | #1,289 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | #1,008 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,433 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | #938 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,783 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #1,474 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | #889 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #1,189 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #1,106 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,324 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,395 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | #935 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #713 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #1,267 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,002 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #724 |