Ottilia — #8412 US girls' name
584 babies named Ottilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1891. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Ottilia was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Ottilia in 1891 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ottilia
The Social Security Administration has registered 584 babies named Ottilia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ottilia currently holds the #8412 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1891, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ottilia performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ottilia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Dakota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ottilia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ottilia 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 584 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.
Ottilia at a glance
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Current rank
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Ottilia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1891)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #8412 among girls.
584 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1891 with 22 births in a single year.
Ottilia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 142 births that decade — 24% of Ottilia's all-time total
Ottilia decade highlights
- Peak decade 142 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Ottilia's strongest decade
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Ottilia by state
Where Ottilia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Dakota | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 584 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Dakota 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Dakota accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.