Meaning not yet researched.
Otis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 422 in 2025. Its best rank was #94 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #94 in 1899; #652 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Otis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#652 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #94.
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Otis: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 422 boys in 2025. Peak: #94 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 1,031 (1920).
In 2025, 422 US boys were named Otis, making it the 652nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 81 places from #733 in 2024. That is 63 more than the 359 boys named Otis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #94, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,031, in 1920. For comparison, it was #845 in 2015 and #221 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Otis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 88 babies with the name. In all, 61,969 US babies have been given the name, 1.4% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 9,551 babies named Otis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,816 US boys were named Otis; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 456. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,048 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Otis ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #306 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ottis (4,647 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Oatis and Oties are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ode and Ote.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Oatis (46), Oties (17).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 19 | #306 | #466 |
| Colorado | 19 | #340 | #623 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #368 | #742 |
| Washington | 18 | #417 | #685 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #431 | — |
| Oregon | 9 | #431 | #304 |
| Indiana | 14 | #506 | — |
| Michigan | 17 | #510 | #1,201 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #540 | #403 |
| Utah | 8 | #542 | #745 |
| Illinois | 17 | #563 | #959 |
| California | 53 | #569 | #717 |
| Missouri | 9 | #634 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #669 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #680 | #787 |
| Ohio | 13 | #701 | #1,055 |
| New York | 20 | #740 | #640 |
| Alabama | 6 | #742 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #759 | #768 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #759 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #777 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #783 | — |
| Florida | 19 | #799 | #1,355 |
| Georgia | 11 | #837 | #894 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #840 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #872 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #943 | — |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,003 | #1,266 |
| Texas | 24 | #1,004 | #1,140 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 422 | #652 |
| 2024 | — | — | 359 | #733 |
| 2023 | — | — | 420 | #651 |
| 2022 | — | — | 456 | #615 |
| 2021 | — | — | 427 | #647 |
| 2020 | — | — | 413 | #648 |
| 2019 | — | — | 351 | #706 |
| 2018 | — | — | 325 | #736 |
| 2017 | — | — | 319 | #744 |
| 2016 | — | — | 324 | #752 |
| 2015 | — | — | 266 | #845 |
| 2014 | — | — | 203 | #1,010 |
| 2013 | — | — | 177 | #1,064 |
| 2012 | — | — | 183 | #1,048 |
| 2011 | — | — | 144 | #1,217 |
| 2010 | — | — | 122 | #1,381 |
| 2009 | — | — | 131 | #1,328 |
| 2008 | — | — | 120 | #1,412 |
| 2007 | — | — | 112 | #1,442 |
| 2006 | — | — | 107 | #1,450 |
| 2005 | — | — | 106 | #1,408 |
| 2004 | — | — | 80 | #1,626 |
| 2003 | — | — | 78 | #1,627 |
| 2002 | — | — | 82 | #1,527 |
| 2001 | — | — | 115 | #1,189 |
| 2000 | — | — | 97 | #1,330 |
| 1999 | — | — | 84 | #1,403 |
| 1998 | — | — | 104 | #1,194 |
| 1997 | — | — | 111 | #1,132 |
| 1996 | — | — | 115 | #1,064 |
| 1995 | — | — | 114 | #1,050 |
| 1994 | — | — | 138 | #939 |
| 1993 | — | — | 149 | #873 |
| 1992 | — | — | 155 | #852 |
| 1991 | — | — | 184 | #755 |
| 1990 | — | — | 213 | #699 |
| 1989 | — | — | 193 | #711 |
| 1988 | — | — | 192 | #679 |
| 1987 | — | — | 194 | #657 |
| 1986 | — | — | 213 | #611 |
| 1985 | — | — | 203 | #614 |
| 1984 | — | — | 218 | #575 |
| 1983 | — | — | 205 | #600 |
| 1982 | — | — | 254 | #539 |
| 1981 | — | — | 269 | #514 |
| 1980 | — | — | 296 | #492 |
| 1979 | — | — | 329 | #448 |
| 1978 | — | — | 297 | #467 |
| 1977 | — | — | 302 | #462 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,408 | 324 | #431 |
| 1975 | — | — | 330 | #435 |
| 1974 | — | — | 309 | #457 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,916 | 371 | #405 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,947 | 379 | #404 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,142 | 416 | #397 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,691 | 496 | #367 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,223 | 532 | #339 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,036 | 497 | #348 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,882 | 414 | #368 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,357 | 421 | #369 |
| 1965 | — | — | 472 | #351 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,831 | 532 | #341 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,732 | 510 | #341 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,780 | 477 | #366 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,429 | 544 | #335 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,682 | 556 | #326 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,957 | 617 | #311 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,921 | 662 | #294 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,897 | 662 | #288 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,455 | 706 | #278 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,521 | 721 | #259 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,587 | 751 | #257 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,493 | 767 | #246 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,037 | 748 | #250 |
| 1951 | — | — | 820 | #231 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,370 | 831 | #221 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,131 | 817 | #224 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,300 | 845 | #221 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,609 | 870 | #217 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,708 | 781 | #217 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,874 | 706 | #205 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,313 | 759 | #198 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,663 | 742 | #209 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,149 | 737 | #207 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,187 | 736 | #195 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,235 | 661 | #200 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,093 | 730 | #185 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,124 | 718 | #190 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,166 | 681 | #189 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,655 | 699 | #187 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,410 | 730 | #182 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,154 | 769 | #177 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,253 | 756 | #175 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,340 | 812 | #174 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,185 | 730 | #181 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,277 | 831 | #172 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,080 | 796 | #177 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,076 | 884 | #165 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,445 | 901 | #167 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,327 | 878 | #168 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,587 | 958 | #159 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,194 | 1,011 | #158 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,691 | 904 | #165 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,086 | 988 | #156 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,662 | 1,001 | #151 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,692 | 1,031 | #146 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,973 | 931 | #146 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,455 | 936 | #151 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,400 | 912 | #145 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,671 | 908 | #142 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,028 | 901 | #141 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,988 | 709 | #140 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,657 | 557 | #140 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,596 | 522 | #126 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,759 | 302 | #122 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,022 | 285 | #109 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,575 | 267 | #99 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,647 | 243 | #105 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,776 | 199 | #121 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,683 | 184 | #116 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,162 | 216 | #99 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,814 | 181 | #115 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,010 | 168 | #118 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,193 | 169 | #112 |
| 1901 | — | — | 127 | #135 |
| 1900 | 15 | #1,002 | 212 | #110 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,364 | 185 | #94 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,354 | 179 | #107 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,146 | 133 | #123 |
| 1896 | — | — | 124 | #135 |
| 1895 | — | — | 133 | #127 |
| 1894 | — | — | 129 | #122 |
| 1893 | — | — | 124 | #123 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,245 | 126 | #130 |
| 1891 | — | — | 97 | #139 |
| 1890 | — | — | 119 | #122 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,437 | 116 | #121 |
| 1888 | — | — | 116 | #133 |
| 1887 | — | — | 97 | #132 |
| 1886 | — | — | 99 | #137 |
| 1885 | — | — | 89 | #152 |
| 1884 | — | — | 107 | #134 |
| 1883 | — | — | 89 | #146 |
| 1882 | — | — | 116 | #122 |
| 1881 | — | — | 89 | #139 |
| 1880 | — | — | 88 | #156 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).