Ottie
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #4,797
Given to girls 67.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,275since 1880
Ottie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #790 | 30 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #877 | 24 | — | |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1905 | #699 | 26 | — | |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 | — | |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 | — | |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | — | |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ottie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ottie is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#297 · 1 in 2,444
- West Virginia#330 · 1 in 2,686
- Alabama#479 · 1 in 4,974
- Texas#605 · 1 in 5,252
Best ever in a state: #297 in South Carolina, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #297 | 8 | 1 in 2,444 |
| West Virginia | #330 | 6 | 1 in 2,686 |
| Alabama | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Texas | #605 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Ottie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1917 (#1,332 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1912 (#790 → #1,218)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #572 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1911
- Highest: 1 in 8,832 girls born in 1891 were named Ottie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 22.8% of all girls named Ottie (291) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 103 | #593 (1888) | #702 |
| 1890s | 188 | #572 (1891) | #694 |
| 1900s | 205 | #649 (1907) | #822 |
| 1910s | 291 | #790 (1911) | #1,190 |
| 1920s | 251 | #1,341 (1921) | #1,709 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,606 (1933) | #2,325 |
| 1940s | 83 | #2,537 (1942) | #3,370 |
| 1950s | 19 | #3,235 (1950) | #3,731 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,462 (2023) | #14,378 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ottie in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 20,401 of them was named Ottie, which outranked 82.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 92,548 of them was named Ottie, which outranked 44.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,423Windsor11
- #2,423Yates11
- #2,423Zoltan11
- #2,562Ottie10
- #2,562Adger10
- #2,562Algernon10
- #2,562Arbie10
- #2,732Adair9
- #2,732Alba9
- #2,732Aldred9
Tied with 169 names at #2,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.