Boys' name · since 2024

Ohtani

19 babies named Ohtani in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#29,464 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,881 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
19
born since 2024
2020s
peak decade

Ohtani currently ranks #8881 among boys' names in America, with 19 babies recorded since 2024.

Social Security Administration records show Ohtani recorded 19 times among boys since 2024, holding rank #8881 nationally today, ahead of 36% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2024 to 2025.

  • #29,464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #8,881 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 19 born since 2024
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ohtani ranks #29,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,881 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 19 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.

#29,464 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,881 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
19
born since 2024
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%36.2%
Ohtani vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ohtani's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ohtani compares

19 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ohtani's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ohtani Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 19 369 358,536
Peak-year births 10 34 22,252

Ohtani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Ohtani splits its recorded history at 2025: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Ohtani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
10
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
8.599.51010.5 20242025 9

Ohtani by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Ohtani's strongest decade.

19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Ohtani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ohtani?
Ohtani has been given to 19 babies in the U.S. since 2024, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #29,464 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #8,881 of 13,930. 10 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Ohtani sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ohtani ranks #29,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,881 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ohtani most popular?
Ohtani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Ohtani been used?
Ohtani has been recorded in Social Security data since 2024, spanning 2 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ohtani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ohtli. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ohtani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2024–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ohtani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.