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

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Peak · boys
1903 · 21 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,473
since 1880

Ottis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ottis has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #451, 1903boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,86115
2024#6,19914
2023#7,28911
2022#6,14714
2021#7,08911
2020#8,0679
2019#10,8036
2018#7,61710
2017#9,6967
2016#7,60510
2015
2014#12,1085
2013#8,7898
2012
2011
2010#10,7666
2009
2008#12,5535
2007
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#8,1438
2003#10,8945
2002#8,4567
2001
2000
1999#9,9125
1998#7,5607
1997#9,2655
1996
1995#7,7926
1994#8,8005
1993
1992#5,6609
1991#3,81315
1990#7,1786
1989
1988#4,7869
1987#3,52113
1986#5,3327
1985#6,5235
1984#3,45912
1983#4,4998
1982#3,10814
1981#3,22113
1980#3,09814
1979#4,0689
1978#2,79915
1977#2,45818
1976#2,41718
1975#2,54016
1974#3,12011
1973#2,31117
1972#2,24317
1971#1,52632
1970#2,39915
1969#1,81021
1968#1,83619
1967#1,71121
1966#1,54025
1965#1,48327
1964#2,04016
1963#1,65923
1962#1,58825
1961#1,52128
1960#2,04216
1959#1,19942
1958#1,30535
1957#1,36433
1956#1,31734
1955#1,31333
1954#1,16941
1953#1,30433
1952#1,46127
1951#98451
1950#1,16838
1949#94653
1948#1,02347
1947#1,11642
1946#95249
1945#84555
1944#82458
1943#78769
1942#79166
1941#77065
1940#83057
1939#91646
1938#68079
1937#73768
1936#3,7016#69872
1935#63386
1934#76265
1933#72970
1932#68680
1931#3,8486#61693
1930#69680
1929#2,58712#591104
1928#610100
1927#3,8757#610104
1926#4,8515#65493
1925#605109
1924#3,14410#66794
1923#614107
1922#3,6558#571124
1921#3,16410#592115
1920#535130
1919#3,4528#564112
1918#3,02410#601104
1917#2,69311#576106
1916#2,83310#565102
1915#2,68810#58096
1914#3,1886#64262
1913#1,88311#60453
1912#2,9795#59946
1911#2,1916#75918
1910#2,3985#65420
1909#57421
1908#56620
1907#1,6397#69914
1906#70912
1905#1,9315#57417
1904#53817
1903#45121
1902#53616
1901#1,0585
1900#1,9325#9688
1899#1,3946#45717
1898#1,7005#8048
1897#7259
1896#64112
1895#64011
1894#63111
1893#50914
1892#68810
1891
1890#62910
1889
1888#8157
1887#54411
1886
1885#8366
1884#6639
1883#7207
1882
1881#5959
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #451 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1902–1946
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,678
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Ottis (1,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#544 (1887)#712
1890s102#457 (1899)#636
1900s151#451 (1903)#667
1910s719#564 (1919)#614
1920s1,080#535 (1920)#605
1930s739#616 (1931)#715
1940s561#770 (1941)#888
1950s367#984 (1951)#1,258
1960s221#1,483 (1965)#1,723
1970s168#1,526 (1971)#2,588
1980s95#3,098 (1980)#4,172
1990s58#3,813 (1991)#7,498
2000s31#8,143 (2004)#10,039
2010s52#7,605 (2016)#9,626
2020s74#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 1936

girls
#3,701
6 births · 1 in 173,398 girls
boys
#698
72 births · 1 in 14,406 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #3,701Ottis6

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #698Ottis72
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 173,398 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 23.8% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottis
  1. #3,376Zela7
  2. #3,376Zell7
  3. #3,376Zenia7
  4. #3,701Ottis6
  5. #3,701Abelina6
  6. #3,701Adelfa6
  7. #3,701Alden6
  8. #4,181Adalene5
  9. #4,181Addis5
  10. #4,181Adelita5

Tied with 479 names at #3,701; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 14,406 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottis
  1. #690Napoleon73
  2. #690Reynaldo73
  3. #690Theo73
  4. #698Ottis72
  5. #698Art72
  6. #698Arther72
  7. #698Elwin72
  8. #710Abe71
  9. #710King71
  10. #710Myles71

Tied with 11 names at #698; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936