Ottis — #6176 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ottis

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,458 babies named Ottis between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ottis currently holds the #6176 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 130 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ottis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,080 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ottis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 371 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Ottis in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ottis 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 4,458 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.