Girls' name · since 1880
Ottilie
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 1,093 babies named Ottilie, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,934 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,093
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ottilie is the #2934 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,093 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ottilie has been recorded 1,093 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #2934 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #7,059 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,934 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,093 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ottilie ranks #7,059 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,934 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,093 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,934 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,093
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ottilie's 1,093 recorded births place it above 90.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Ottilie compares
1,093 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Ottilie's all-time total is 191% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ottilie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,093 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 80 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ottilie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ottilie's full recorded timeline at 1915, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 80 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ottilie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Ottilie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (283 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Ottilie's strongest decade.
283 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Ottilie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
138 births
- 1890s
1890s
164 births
- 1900s 109
1900s
109 births
- 1910s
1910s
147 births
- 1920s 91
1920s
91 births
- 1930s 32
1930s
32 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
283 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 283 births (26% of all-time use).
How Ottilie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ottilie's total volume
Ottilie by state
Where Ottilie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 36 | 3.3% |
| #2 | California | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
36 of 1,093 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Ottilies (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ottilie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Ottilie 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.