Ota
Last seen for girls in 1937 at #4,255
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 215since 1881
Ota over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ota has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
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| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
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| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
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| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
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| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
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| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
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| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Ota! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1937
- Biggest jump: 103 spots in 1885 (#1,024 → #921)
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1882 (#679 → #813)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #679 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1881–1882
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,136
- Highest: 1 in 13,136 girls born in 1881 were named Ota (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 212,807 girls born in 1937 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 25.6% of all girls named Ota (55) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 41 | #679 (1881) | #984 |
| 1890s | 54 | #1,023 (1893) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,486 (1904) | #1,769 |
| 1910s | 55 | #1,935 (1910) | #3,241 |
| 1920s | 37 | #3,666 (1921) | #4,401 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,255 (1937) | #4,255 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ota in 1885
girls
#921
6 births · 1 in 22,176 girls
Top girls' names in 1885
More about 1885
girls
133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 22,176 of them was named Ota, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).