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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #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.

Where Ottis is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1905

girls
#1,931
5 births · 1 in 58,323 girls
boys
#574
17 births · 1 in 7,783 boys

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #1,931Ottis5

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #574Ottis17
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 58,323 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 13.6% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottis
  1. #1,696Zelphia6
  2. #1,696Zeta6
  3. #1,696Zilpha6
  4. #1,931Ottis5
  5. #1,931Adalene5
  6. #1,931Adlene5
  7. #1,931Ailene5

Tied with 303 names at #1,931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 7,783 of them was named Ottis, which outranked 59.6% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ottis
  1. #549Wilber18
  2. #549Winfield18
  3. #549Winfred18
  4. #574Ottis17
  5. #574Alford17
  6. #574Allie17
  7. #574Chauncey17
  8. #592Abram16
  9. #592Addison16
  10. #592Beverly16

Tied with 17 names at #574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →