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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #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
2025
2024#15,2935
2023#13,4626
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1975#4,7976
1974
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1971
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1969
1968#4,1365
1967
1966#3,5376
1965#2,7809
1964
1963#3,6466
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#3,3377
1959
1958
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 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedHITexas: #460 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,254 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#460 · 1 in 3,254

Best ever in a state: #297 in South Carolina, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#46061 in 3,254
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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
all girlsall boys
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 1911

girls
#790
30 births · 1 in 13,944 girls
boys
#1,537
6 births · 1 in 37,662 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #790Ottie30

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #1,537Ottie6
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 13,944 of them was named Ottie, which outranked 72.5% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottie
  1. #777Neoma31
  2. #777Rilla31
  3. #777Vena31
  4. #790Ottie30
  5. #790Benita30
  6. #790Betsy30
  7. #790Dottie30
  8. #801Amie29
  9. #801Bette29
  10. #801Emmer29

Tied with 10 names at #790; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

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

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 37,662 of them was named Ottie, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottie
  1. #1,387Woodson7
  2. #1,387York7
  3. #1,387Zigmund7
  4. #1,537Ottie6
  5. #1,537Adelard6
  6. #1,537Adell6
  7. #1,537Adrien6
  8. #1,740Achille5
  9. #1,740Aden5
  10. #1,740Adolphe5

Tied with 202 names at #1,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 900Vincenzo#1,589#689
  2. 900Wyman#1,589#689
  3. 882Rodger#1,589#707
  4. 796Cedric#1,589#793
  5. 796Hughie#1,589#793
Fallers
  1. 881Bertha#859#1,740
  2. 881Arlo#859#1,740
  3. 831Shelton#556#1,387
  4. 812Guss#928#1,740
  5. 812Halley#928#1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911