Otis Boy
How popular is Otis?
#652 boy name in 2025
422 baby boys were named Otis in the US in 2025, making it the 652nd most popular boy name.
Otis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #652 for boys (▲ 80 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 422 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #844 in 2015, #648 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (1,031 boys) |
| Highest rank | #94 in 1899 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Otis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Otis family of names ranked #608 for boys in 2025 (#675 the year before), with 437 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Otis | 422 | 97% |
| Ottis | 15 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Otis is most popular
Babies named Otis per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 3.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Montana: 0.9 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Oregon: 0.8 per 1,000 (57 boys)
- Colorado: 0.7 per 1,000 (85 boys)
- Washington: 0.6 per 1,000 (100 boys)
Otis by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,006 | #119 |
| 1890s | 1,349 | #94 |
| 1900s | 1,966 | #99 |
| 1910s | 6,963 | #109 |
| 1920s | 9,352 | #146 |
| 1930s | 7,456 | #172 |
| 1940s | 7,654 | #195 |
| 1950s | 7,285 | #221 |
| 1960s | 4,955 | #326 |
| 1970s | 3,553 | #366 |
| 1980s | 2,237 | #492 |
| 1990s | 1,367 | #695 |
| 2000s | 1,028 | #1,183 |
| 2010s | 2,414 | #706 |
| 2020s | 2,497 | #613 |
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Questions
- Is Otis a boy or girl name?
- Otis is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Otis were boys.
- How popular is the name Otis?
- 422 baby boys were named Otis in the US in 2025, making it the 652nd most popular boy name.
- When was Otis most popular?
- Otis peaked in 1920, when 1,031 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #94 in 1899.
- How many people are named Otis?
- 61,969 babies have been named Otis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,974 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Otis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Otis was most common in Vermont, at 3.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.