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.
Where Ottis is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#175 · 1 in 1,108
- Mississippi#195 · 1 in 1,225
- Tennessee#274 · 1 in 2,432
- Kentucky#303 · 1 in 2,533
- Arkansas#319 · 1 in 2,458
Best ever in a state: #170 in Kentucky, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #175 | 23 | 1 in 1,108 |
| Mississippi | #195 | 16 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Tennessee | #274 | 9 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Kentucky | #303 | 9 | 1 in 2,533 |
| Arkansas | #319 | 7 | 1 in 2,458 |
| Georgia | #356 | 9 | 1 in 3,446 |
| North Carolina | #357 | 9 | 1 in 3,405 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 141,265 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 37.9% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,219Zera9
- #3,219Zollie9
- #3,219Zulema9
- #3,452Ottis8
- #3,452Adabelle8
- #3,452Adair8
- #3,452Adine8
- #3,817Aberdeen7
- #3,817Achsah7
- #3,817Addine7
Tied with 364 names at #3,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 8,751 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 88.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).