Ottis
Last seen for girls in 1936 at #3,701 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,473since 1880
Ottis over time
Rank among boys' names. Ottis has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,305 | 35 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,317 | 34 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,313 | 33 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,169 | 41 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,304 | 33 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #946 | 53 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,023 | 47 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | — | #845 | 55 | |
| 1944 | — | #824 | 58 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #791 | 66 | |
| 1941 | — | #770 | 65 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1938 | — | #680 | 79 | |
| 1937 | — | #737 | 68 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #698 | 72 |
| 1935 | — | #633 | 86 | |
| 1934 | — | #762 | 65 | |
| 1933 | — | #729 | 70 | |
| 1932 | — | #686 | 80 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #616 | 93 |
| 1930 | — | #696 | 80 | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #591 | 104 |
| 1928 | — | #610 | 100 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #610 | 104 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #654 | 93 |
| 1925 | — | #605 | 109 | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #667 | 94 |
| 1923 | — | #614 | 107 | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #571 | 124 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #592 | 115 |
| 1920 | — | #535 | 130 | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #564 | 112 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #601 | 104 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #576 | 106 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #565 | 102 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #580 | 96 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #642 | 62 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #604 | 53 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #599 | 46 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #574 | 17 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ottis was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ottis
- 338 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,861)
- 2,206 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 522 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #536)
- Biggest drop: 511 spots in 1900 (#457 → #968)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #451 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 76 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1902–1946
- Highest: 1 in 5,678 boys born in 1903 were named Ottis (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.1% of all boys named Ottis (1,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #544 (1887) | #712 |
| 1890s | 102 | #457 (1899) | #636 |
| 1900s | 151 | #451 (1903) | #667 |
| 1910s | 719 | #564 (1919) | #614 |
| 1920s | 1,080 | #535 (1920) | #605 |
| 1930s | 739 | #616 (1931) | #715 |
| 1940s | 561 | #770 (1941) | #888 |
| 1950s | 367 | #984 (1951) | #1,258 |
| 1960s | 221 | #1,483 (1965) | #1,723 |
| 1970s | 168 | #1,526 (1971) | #2,588 |
| 1980s | 95 | #3,098 (1980) | #4,172 |
| 1990s | 58 | #3,813 (1991) | #7,498 |
| 2000s | 31 | #8,143 (2004) | #10,039 |
| 2010s | 52 | #7,605 (2016) | #9,626 |
| 2020s | 74 | #5,861 (2025) | #6,775 |
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.
Ottis in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 104,433 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 45.1% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,658Zana11
- #2,658Zelta11
- #2,658Zephyr11
- #2,833Ottis10
- #2,833Adair10
- #2,833Adelfa10
- #2,833Adria10
- #3,031Addis9
- #3,031Adelaida9
- #3,031Adelma9
Tied with 197 names at #2,833; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 8,726 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 87.5% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).