Otto — #274 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Otto

The Social Security Administration has registered 38,669 babies named Otto between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Otto currently holds the #274 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,239 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Otto performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5,552 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Otto shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,561 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Otto in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Otto 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 38,669 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.