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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| 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 | |
First appearance
1880
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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#249 · 1 in 1,534
- Kentucky#256 · 1 in 2,731
- Mississippi#258 · 1 in 1,678
- Georgia#260 · 1 in 1,987
- Arkansas#261 · 1 in 2,105
Best ever in a state: #35 in Arkansas, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #249 | 5 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Kentucky | #256 | 10 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Mississippi | #258 | 11 | 1 in 1,678 |
| Georgia | #260 | 19 | 1 in 1,987 |
| Arkansas | #261 | 7 | 1 in 2,105 |
| Florida | #270 | 27 | 1 in 1,889 |
| Alabama | #285 | 11 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Louisiana | #285 | 18 | 1 in 1,836 |
| North Carolina | #303 | 14 | 1 in 2,655 |
| South Carolina | #345 | 7 | 1 in 2,923 |
| Michigan | #355 | 14 | 1 in 4,589 |
| Oklahoma | #384 | 5 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Tennessee | #386 | 7 | 1 in 4,562 |
| Virginia | #387 | 7 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Illinois | #399 | 19 | 1 in 4,178 |
| Missouri | #421 | 6 | 1 in 5,827 |
| Texas | #505 | 23 | 1 in 5,005 |
| New York | #563 | 15 | 1 in 7,351 |
| California | #609 | 20 | 1 in 8,446 |
| Ohio | #615 | 6 | 1 in 12,845 |
| Pennsylvania | #651 | 5 | 1 in 14,673 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #94 (185 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 100 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · 1899–1909
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 574
- Highest: 1 in 574 boys born in 1899 were named Otis (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 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 1978
boys
#467
297 births · 1 in 5,528 boys
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,528 of them was named Otis, which outranked 93.1% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).