Boys' name · since 1917
Otey
17 babies named Otey in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,351 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Otey sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 17 recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Otey recorded 17 times among boys since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1929.
- #30,351 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Otey ranks #30,351 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #30,351 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Otey's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Otey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Otey splits its recorded history at 1923: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Otey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1929
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Otey by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1920s was Otey's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Otey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Otey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
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, 1917–1929 (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 Otey 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.