Ottis
Ottis was given to 15 boys in 2025, #6,067 among boys’ names; 4,647 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,200 Americans named Ottis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 47 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ottis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ottis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ottis is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ottis?
#6,067 among boys’ names, 2025
Ottis entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #6,067 in 2025.
132 babies in 1922, the peak
Ottis peaked in 1922, when 132 babies were given it (124 boys, #573 among boys’ names). The 15 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #6,067 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,390 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,614 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,385 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,445 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,550 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,765 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #8,002 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,484 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #8,003 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #13,509 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,426 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #11,799 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #14,069 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #11,098 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,710 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #12,242 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #9,129 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #11,140 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,208 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #10,378 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,583 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,850 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 9 | #6,007 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,955 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,836 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #5,096 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,668 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,755 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #7,301 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,616 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,794 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,239 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,361 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,206 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,309 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,888 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,480 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,608 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,265 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,379 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,473 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,846 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,881 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,741 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,568 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,505 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,685 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,612 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,543 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,098 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,207 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,381 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,329 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,332 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,180 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,323 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,481 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 51 | #988 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,176 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 53 | #952 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,029 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,132 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 49 | #961 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 55 | #848 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 58 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 69 | #795 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 66 | #792 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 65 | #776 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 57 | #835 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 46 | #927 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 79 | #682 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 68 | #740 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 72 | #709 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 86 | #636 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 65 | #768 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 70 | #730 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 80 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 93 | #618 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 80 | #698 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 104 | #597 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 100 | #610 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 104 | #614 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 93 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 109 | #607 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 94 | #670 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 107 | #615 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 124 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 115 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 130 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 112 | #566 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 104 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 106 | #576 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 102 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 96 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 62 | #643 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 53 | #608 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 46 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 18 | #785 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 20 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 21 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 20 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 14 | #728 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 12 | #743 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 17 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 17 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 21 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 16 | #549 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,169 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 17 | #473 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 8 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 9 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 12 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 11 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 11 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 14 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 10 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 10 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 7 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 11 | #575 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 6 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 9 | #693 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 7 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 9 | #638 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 6 | #886 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ottis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,647 Americans recorded as Ottis, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 15 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ottis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ottis, and how old are they?
1,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 4,647 Americans ever recorded as Ottis. The median Ottis alive today is 65 years old; half are between 47 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 1,274 people named Ottis (35 women and girls, 1,239 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,434 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 229 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 424 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 258 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 115 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 53 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 119 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Ottis born?
The states with the most babies named Ottis are Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Alabama and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 371 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Alabama | 357 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Mississippi | 351 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| North Carolina | 266 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 253 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 250 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 172 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 104 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Louisiana | 69 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 23 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Ottis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ottis is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.3 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 boys’ 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 Ottis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Ottis?
Ottis is a less common spelling of Otis: SSA has recorded 4,647 Ottis and 61,969 Otis since 1880.
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 66,616 babies since 1880, Ottis is the second most given (7.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 437 babies (3.4%), again the second most given.
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 Ottis
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 Ottis and names like it
- Compare Ottis and OtisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sOttis peaked in 1922.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ottis since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Ottis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ottis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.