Otilia
Otilia was given to 18 girls in 2025, #6,491 among girls’ names; 1,696 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Otilia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Otilia mean?
Wiktionary, Norwegian Bokmål section
Otilia is “a female given name from Latin [in turn from Old High German, in turn from Proto-Germanic], equivalent to English Ottilie”
From Latin Otilia, originally Odilia, a Latinised form of Old High German Odila and Otila, pet forms of names such as Oda. The Old High German names are formed from the Germanic name element reflected in *audaz (“wealth, riches”), with a pet-name or diminutive ending. Compare Danish Otilia, Swedish Otilia, German Ottilie and English Ottilie (“female given name”).
/uˈtiː.li.a/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Norwegian Bokmål section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Otilia?
#6,491 among girls’ names, 2025
Otilia rose from #15,923 in 2015 to #6,491 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 11.2 per million.
36 babies in 1935, the peak
Otilia peaked in 1935, when 36 girls were given it, #1,195 among girls’ names. The 18 births of 2025 are 50% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,491 | 11.2 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,817 | 7.4 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,376 | 8.1 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,932 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,859 | 7.3 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,387 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,153 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,369 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,647 | 5.6 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,923 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10 | #10,749 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,862 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,460 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,441 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,375 | 4.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,952 | 3.2 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,405 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,463 | 2.7 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,104 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,701 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,927 | 3.3 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,122 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,535 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,106 | 4.5 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,093 | 5.7 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,804 | 9.8 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,554 | 5.7 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,257 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,106 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,387 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,273 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,706 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,826 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,150 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,641 | 6.3 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,485 | 10.5 |
| 1985 | 8 | #8,087 | 4.6 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,233 | 5.3 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,826 | 4.8 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,984 | 11.8 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,799 | 7.2 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,153 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,779 | 9.3 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,765 | 5.9 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,201 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,906 | 6.8 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,078 | 11.0 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,173 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,108 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,032 | 9.9 |
| 1971 | 11 | #5,027 | 6.6 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,845 | 4.0 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,826 | 4.7 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,160 | 7.3 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,785 | 7.9 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,150 | 4.7 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,224 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,891 | 4.7 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,755 | 10.9 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,464 | 5.1 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,945 | 5.9 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,637 | 6.4 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,382 | 6.9 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,192 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,443 | 6.4 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,139 | 7.5 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,725 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,652 | 5.7 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,905 | 3.7 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,062 | 13.5 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,668 | 8.9 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,605 | 5.8 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,143 | 4.7 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,935 | 14.7 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,607 | 9.0 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,461 | 10.2 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,872 | 8.4 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,369 | 11.3 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,133 | 12.9 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,182 | 12.6 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,937 | 15.7 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,275 | 12.2 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,858 | 17.3 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,091 | 14.5 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,832 | 17.9 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,679 | 20.2 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,195 | 34.3 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,596 | 22.0 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,590 | 22.8 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,559 | 23.4 |
| 1931 | 17 | #2,010 | 16.0 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,857 | 17.8 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,363 | 28.7 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,307 | 30.3 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,417 | 27.7 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,654 | 21.9 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,688 | 21.4 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,498 | 25.6 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,511 | 24.9 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,532 | 25.0 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,854 | 18.7 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,740 | 20.0 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,732 | 20.4 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,267 | 13.8 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,756 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,007 | 16.3 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,866 | 18.3 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,295 | 31.5 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,512 | 25.6 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,810 | 19.7 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,919 | 19.1 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,599 | 25.2 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,918 | 20.2 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,357 | 31.4 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,160 | 17.1 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,007 | 19.1 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,435 | 29.2 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,155 | 16.7 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,362 | 30.0 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,761 | 21.0 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,325 | 31.4 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,602 | 23.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Otilia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Otilia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Otilia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Otilia, and how old are they?
An estimated 883 Americans named Otilia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 29 and 69. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 3,886 people named Otilia (3,877 women and girls, 9 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 917 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Otilia born?
The states with the most babies named Otilia are Texas, California and Arizona, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 555 | not ranked | 5.1× |
| California | 134 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 10 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Mexico | 6 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Otilia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Otilia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Otilia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 5,616 babies since 1880, Otilia is the most given (30% of them). In 2025 it was given to 18 of their 96 babies (19%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Otilia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Otilia and names like it
- Compare Otilia and OteliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sOtilia peaked in 1935.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Otilia since 1910.
- The top names of 1935The year the most babies were named Otilia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Otilia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.