Otta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Otta

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Otta between 1889 and 1925, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Otta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Otta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Otta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Otta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 38 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.