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

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Peak · girls
1891 · 21 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,275
since 1880

Ottie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #572, 1891peak #819, 1887girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1975—#4,7976
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1968—#4,1365
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1966—#3,5376
1965—#2,7809
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1963—#3,6466
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1961—#3,6526
1960—#3,3377
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1957—#3,9935
1956—#3,9425
1955—#3,8865
1954—#2,59210
1953#4,2268#2,7099
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1951—#2,24612
1950#3,23511#2,20712
1949—#2,22512
1948#3,8838#3,6685
1947#4,7646#2,8628
1946#3,9947—
1945#2,91610#2,24210
1944#2,62512#1,98813
1943#2,69512#2,40510
1942#2,53713—
1941#3,9546#3,5055
1940#2,9639#2,6718
1939#3,1458#2,28810
1938—#3,5345
1937#2,57011#1,99213
1936#2,52111#2,6298
1935#2,57511#2,02913
1934#2,28913#2,7428
1933#1,60622#1,90514
1932#2,23514#2,8498
1931#2,10515#2,10113
1930#1,87519#2,17813
1929#1,95318#2,9808
1928#1,73823#2,16214
1927#1,93520#2,19314
1926#1,51429#3,3857
1925#1,46631#2,75510
1924#1,92621#1,96417
1923#1,59827#2,22414
1922#1,53629#1,59123
1921#1,34135#1,58823
1920#2,07918#2,13115
1919#1,32534#2,26513
1918#1,38031#2,54311
1917#95253#2,56210
1916#1,33230#1,84916
1915#1,23132#1,55320
1914#1,38521#2,10110
1913#1,40517#1,9459
1912#1,21819#2,0457
1911#79030#1,5376
1910#87724—
1909#89021#1,4405
1908#88220#1,3735
1907#64933—
1906#87218—
1905#69926—
1904#91016—
1903#86216#1,1305
1902#87216—
1901#72320—
1900#86019#1,3105
1899#70420—
1898#71921#1,0026
1897#82615#9426
1896#72819#8268
1895#74618#9786
1894#69718—
1893#68718—
1892#66619#1,0665
1891#57221#8416
1890#59919#9945
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1888#59318—
1887#60814#8196
1886#69311—
1885#65811#9365
1884#7938#9715
1883#6519—
1882#6349#9435
1881#8305—
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

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
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #330 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,686 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #297 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,444 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #479 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedHITexas: #605 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,252 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ottie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#297 · 1 in 2,444
  2. West Virginia#330 · 1 in 2,686
  3. Alabama#479 · 1 in 4,974
  4. Texas#605 · 1 in 5,252

Best ever in a state: #297 in South Carolina, 1917.

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South Carolina#29781 in 2,444
West Virginia#33061 in 2,686
Alabama#47951 in 4,974
Texas#60591 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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #572 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 47 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,832
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.8% of all girls named Ottie (291) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s103#593 (1888)#702
1890s188#572 (1891)#694
1900s205#649 (1907)#822
1910s291#790 (1911)#1,190
1920s251#1,341 (1921)#1,709
1930s124#1,606 (1933)#2,325
1940s83#2,537 (1942)#3,370
1950s19#3,235 (1950)#3,731
1960s0——
1970s0——
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s11#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

girls
#952
53 births · 1 in 20,401 girls
boys
#2,562
10 births · 1 in 92,548 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #952Ottie53

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,562Ottie10
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).

Ranked beside Ottie
  1. #945Idamae54
  2. #945Melissa54
  3. #945Neta54
  4. #952Ottie53
  5. #952Audry53
  6. #952Bernetta53
  7. #952Coral53
  8. #964Carroll52
  9. #964Cleda52
  10. #964Dimple52

Tied with 11 names at #952; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

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

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).

Ranked beside Ottie
  1. #2,423Windsor11
  2. #2,423Yates11
  3. #2,423Zoltan11
  4. #2,562Ottie10
  5. #2,562Adger10
  6. #2,562Algernon10
  7. #2,562Arbie10
  8. #2,732Adair9
  9. #2,732Alba9
  10. #2,732Aldred9

Tied with 169 names at #2,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →