Ott

Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538

Peak · boys
1882 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
84
since 1882

Ott over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ott has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #837, 1882boys
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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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1917#3,5456
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1882#8376
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Ott! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ott
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1943
  • Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1892 (#841#1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #837 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1882–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,865
  • Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Ott (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,459 boys born in 1943 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #837 in 1882, was only 1 in 18,948 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 33.3% of all boys named Ott (28) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#837 (1882)#879
1890s11#841 (1891)#954
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s24#3,177 (1916)#3,573
1920s28#2,765 (1920)#3,642
1930s0
1940s5#3,538 (1943)#3,538

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ott in 1882

boys
#837
6 births · 1 in 18,948 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #837Ott6
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 18,948 of them was named Ott, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ott
  1. #754Wheeler7
  2. #754Williams7
  3. #754Worth7
  4. #837Ott6
  5. #837Addie6
  6. #837Alan6
  7. #837Alberto6
  8. #943Ab5
  9. #943Adolf5
  10. #943Alby5

Tied with 105 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882