Ottie

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #4,797
Given to girls 67.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1891 · 21 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,275
since 1880

Ottie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #572, 1891peak #819, 1887girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2024#15,2935—
2023#13,4626—
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1975—#4,7976
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1968—#4,1365
1967——
1966—#3,5376
1965—#2,7809
1964——
1963—#3,6466
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1961—#3,6526
1960—#3,3377
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1957—#3,9935
1956—#3,9425
1955—#3,8865
1954—#2,59210
1953#4,2268#2,7099
1952——
1951—#2,24612
1950#3,23511#2,20712
1949—#2,22512
1948#3,8838#3,6685
1947#4,7646#2,8628
1946#3,9947—
1945#2,91610#2,24210
1944#2,62512#1,98813
1943#2,69512#2,40510
1942#2,53713—
1941#3,9546#3,5055
1940#2,9639#2,6718
1939#3,1458#2,28810
1938—#3,5345
1937#2,57011#1,99213
1936#2,52111#2,6298
1935#2,57511#2,02913
1934#2,28913#2,7428
1933#1,60622#1,90514
1932#2,23514#2,8498
1931#2,10515#2,10113
1930#1,87519#2,17813
1929#1,95318#2,9808
1928#1,73823#2,16214
1927#1,93520#2,19314
1926#1,51429#3,3857
1925#1,46631#2,75510
1924#1,92621#1,96417
1923#1,59827#2,22414
1922#1,53629#1,59123
1921#1,34135#1,58823
1920#2,07918#2,13115
1919#1,32534#2,26513
1918#1,38031#2,54311
1917#95253#2,56210
1916#1,33230#1,84916
1915#1,23132#1,55320
1914#1,38521#2,10110
1913#1,40517#1,9459
1912#1,21819#2,0457
1911#79030#1,5376
1910#87724—
1909#89021#1,4405
1908#88220#1,3735
1907#64933—
1906#87218—
1905#69926—
1904#91016—
1903#86216#1,1305
1902#87216—
1901#72320—
1900#86019#1,3105
1899#70420—
1898#71921#1,0026
1897#82615#9426
1896#72819#8268
1895#74618#9786
1894#69718—
1893#68718—
1892#66619#1,0665
1891#57221#8416
1890#59919#9945
1889#72413—
1888#59318—
1887#60814#8196
1886#69311—
1885#65811#9365
1884#7938#9715
1883#6519—
1882#6349#9435
1881#8305—
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ottie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ottie is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ottie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1917 (#1,332 → #952)
  • Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1912 (#790 → #1,218)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #572 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 47 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,832
  • Highest: 1 in 8,832 girls born in 1891 were named Ottie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.8% of all girls named Ottie (291) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s103#593 (1888)#702
1890s188#572 (1891)#694
1900s205#649 (1907)#822
1910s291#790 (1911)#1,190
1920s251#1,341 (1921)#1,709
1930s124#1,606 (1933)#2,325
1940s83#2,537 (1942)#3,370
1950s19#3,235 (1950)#3,731
1960s0——
1970s0——
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s11#13,462 (2023)#14,378

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.

Ottie in 1890

girls
#599
19 births · 1 in 10,020 girls
boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #599Ottie19

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Ottie5
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 10,020 of them was named Ottie, which outranked 61.0% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottie
  1. #578Phebe20
  2. #578Robbie20
  3. #578Verdie20
  4. #599Ottie19
  5. #599Allene19
  6. #599Althea19
  7. #599Alvena19
  8. #617Adaline18
  9. #617Aimee18
  10. #617Arline18

Tied with 17 names at #599; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

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

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Ottie, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottie
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Ottie5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Hoyt#974 → #511
  2. ↑ 441Ebb#974 → #533
  3. ↑ 371Eva#974 → #603
  4. ↑ 371Perley#974 → #603
  5. ↑ 371Jimmy#974 → #603
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Alvie#464 → #994
  2. ↓ 438Thornton#446 → #884
  3. ↓ 420Hezekiah#464 → #884
  4. ↓ 413Essie#581 → #994
  5. ↓ 413Clare#581 → #994

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →