Otis
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · #652 for boys in 2025, 422 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 185 births
- Debut · boys
- 88 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 61,082since 1880
Otis over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #652 | 422 | |
| 2024 | — | #732 | 359 | |
| 2023 | — | #651 | 420 | |
| 2022 | — | #613 | 456 | |
| 2021 | — | #646 | 427 | |
| 2020 | — | #648 | 413 | |
| 2019 | — | #706 | 351 | |
| 2018 | — | #736 | 325 | |
| 2017 | — | #744 | 319 | |
| 2016 | — | #750 | 324 | |
| 2015 | — | #844 | 266 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,008 | 203 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,063 | 177 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,046 | 183 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,212 | 144 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,376 | 122 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,324 | 131 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,408 | 120 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,442 | 112 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,447 | 107 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,402 | 106 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,618 | 80 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,611 | 78 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,514 | 82 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,185 | 115 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,323 | 97 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,395 | 84 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,189 | 104 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,130 | 111 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,060 | 115 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,043 | 114 | |
| 1994 | — | #935 | 138 | |
| 1993 | — | #871 | 149 | |
| 1992 | — | #850 | 155 | |
| 1991 | — | #751 | 184 | |
| 1990 | — | #697 | 213 | |
| 1989 | — | #708 | 193 | |
| 1988 | — | #678 | 192 | |
| 1987 | — | #656 | 194 | |
| 1986 | — | #610 | 213 | |
| 1985 | — | #613 | 203 | |
| 1984 | — | #574 | 218 | |
| 1983 | — | #599 | 205 | |
| 1982 | — | #537 | 254 | |
| 1981 | — | #514 | 269 | |
| 1980 | — | #492 | 296 | |
| 1979 | — | #447 | 329 | |
| 1978 | — | #467 | 297 | |
| 1977 | — | #462 | 302 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #431 | 324 |
| 1975 | — | #435 | 330 | |
| 1974 | — | #456 | 309 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #405 | 371 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #404 | 379 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #395 | 416 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #366 | 496 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #339 | 532 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #347 | 497 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #368 | 414 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #369 | 421 |
| 1965 | — | #351 | 472 | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #341 | 532 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #341 | 510 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #366 | 477 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #335 | 544 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #326 | 556 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #311 | 617 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #294 | 662 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #287 | 662 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #278 | 706 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #259 | 721 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #257 | 751 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #246 | 767 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #249 | 748 |
| 1951 | — | #231 | 820 | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #221 | 831 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #224 | 817 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #220 | 845 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | #217 | 870 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #217 | 781 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #205 | 706 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #198 | 759 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #209 | 742 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #207 | 737 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #195 | 736 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #199 | 661 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #185 | 730 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #190 | 718 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #189 | 681 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #187 | 699 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #182 | 730 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #177 | 769 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #175 | 756 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #174 | 812 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #181 | 730 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #172 | 831 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #176 | 796 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #165 | 884 |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | #167 | 901 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #168 | 878 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #159 | 958 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | #158 | 1,011 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #165 | 904 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | #156 | 988 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | #151 | 1,001 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | #146 | 1,031 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | #146 | 931 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #151 | 936 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #145 | 912 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #142 | 908 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | #141 | 901 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #140 | 709 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | #140 | 557 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #126 | 522 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #122 | 302 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | #109 | 285 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #99 | 267 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #105 | 243 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #120 | 199 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #115 | 184 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #99 | 216 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #115 | 181 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #117 | 168 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #112 | 169 |
| 1901 | — | #134 | 127 | |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | #110 | 212 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #94 | 185 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | #107 | 179 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | #123 | 133 |
| 1896 | — | #135 | 124 | |
| 1895 | — | #127 | 133 | |
| 1894 | — | #121 | 129 | |
| 1893 | — | #123 | 124 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #130 | 126 |
| 1891 | — | #138 | 97 | |
| 1890 | — | #122 | 119 | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #119 | 116 |
| 1888 | — | #133 | 116 | |
| 1887 | — | #132 | 97 | |
| 1886 | — | #136 | 99 | |
| 1885 | — | #152 | 89 | |
| 1884 | — | #133 | 107 | |
| 1883 | — | #144 | 89 | |
| 1882 | — | #122 | 116 | |
| 1881 | — | #139 | 89 | |
| 1880 | — | #154 | 88 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Otis was already there! It came in at #154, and was given to 88 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995–2007, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
Where Otis is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#139 · 1 in 644
- Arkansas#164 · 1 in 979
- Georgia#170 · 1 in 959
- Virginia#176 · 1 in 1,108
- South Carolina#182 · 1 in 1,100
Best ever in a state: #35 in Arkansas, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #139 | 43 | 1 in 644 |
| Arkansas | #164 | 20 | 1 in 979 |
| Georgia | #170 | 50 | 1 in 959 |
| Virginia | #176 | 39 | 1 in 1,108 |
| South Carolina | #182 | 26 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Alabama | #188 | 34 | 1 in 1,131 |
| District of Columbia | #199 | 10 | 1 in 1,486 |
| North Carolina | #228 | 33 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Tennessee | #230 | 21 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Louisiana | #231 | 30 | 1 in 1,421 |
| Florida | #238 | 32 | 1 in 1,678 |
| Kentucky | #243 | 16 | 1 in 2,261 |
| West Virginia | #250 | 8 | 1 in 2,509 |
| Oklahoma | #254 | 12 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Maryland | #293 | 9 | 1 in 3,650 |
| Illinois | #299 | 32 | 1 in 3,636 |
| Missouri | #302 | 14 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Michigan | #310 | 20 | 1 in 4,824 |
| Kansas | #329 | 6 | 1 in 3,965 |
| Texas | #330 | 52 | 1 in 2,369 |
| Indiana | #345 | 10 | 1 in 5,480 |
| Ohio | #356 | 18 | 1 in 6,296 |
| New York | #423 | 25 | 1 in 7,236 |
| Pennsylvania | #425 | 12 | 1 in 10,145 |
| New Jersey | #446 | 6 | 1 in 10,221 |
| California | #448 | 27 | 1 in 6,654 |
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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 Otis
- 80 spots since 2024 (#732 → #652)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#648 → #652)
- 192 spots since 2015 (#844 → #652)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 2015 (#1,008 → #844)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1995 (#935 → #1,043)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #94 (185 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 100 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · 1899–1909
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–1994
- Highest: 1 in 574 boys born in 1899 were named Otis (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 15.3% of all boys named Otis (9,352) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,006 | #119 (1889) | #136 |
| 1890s | 1,349 | #94 (1899) | #122 |
| 1900s | 1,966 | #99 (1909) | #113 |
| 1910s | 6,963 | #109 (1910) | #136 |
| 1920s | 9,352 | #146 (1920) | #161 |
| 1930s | 7,456 | #172 (1930) | #181 |
| 1940s | 7,654 | #195 (1941) | #209 |
| 1950s | 7,285 | #221 (1950) | #263 |
| 1960s | 4,955 | #326 (1960) | #348 |
| 1970s | 3,553 | #366 (1970) | #427 |
| 1980s | 2,237 | #492 (1980) | #598 |
| 1990s | 1,367 | #697 (1990) | #992 |
| 2000s | 1,028 | #1,185 (2001) | #1,427 |
| 2010s | 2,414 | #706 (2019) | #949 |
| 2020s | 2,497 | #613 (2022) | #657 |
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.
Otis in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 404,692 of them was named Otis, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 957 names at #6,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 3,460 of them was named Otis, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.