NameTides

Otis

Otis was the #652 boys' name in the US in 2025 (422 babies), and #71 in England & Wales and #614 in Canada.

Otis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Otis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Otis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#652 (422)#71 (726)#190 (22)#344 (4)#468 (7)#614 (47)—
2024#732 (359)#67 (762)#209 (20)#239 (8)#430 (8)#577 (47)—
2023#651 (420)#70 (784)#152 (31)#312 (5)#343 (11)#553 (49)—
2022#613 (456)#68 (842)#181 (26)#264 (7)#306 (14)#385 (77)#88 (78)
2021#646 (427)#81 (737)#297 (13)#266 (7)#364 (10)#428 (69)—
2020#648 (413)#96 (612)#239 (17)#270 (6)#556 (5)#494 (54)—
2019#706 (351)#124 (455)#219 (21)#418 (3)#335 (12)#633 (41)—
2018#736 (325)#192 (277)#392 (8)#416 (3)#749 (3)#675 (38)—
2017#744 (319)#193 (281)#383 (9)——#764 (32)—
2016#750 (324)#229 (245)#401 (8)—#601 (4)#534 (52)—
2015#844 (266)#258 (198)#529 (5)—#699 (3)#812 (29)—
2014#1,008 (203)#284 (164)#490 (6)#398 (3)—#854 (27)—
2013#1,063 (177)#329 (127)#466 (6)——#944 (23)—
2012#1,046 (183)#349 (125)#434 (7)——#928 (23)—
2011#1,212 (144)#392 (100)#491 (5)#311 (4)—#1,569 (11)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1899 at #94.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 370common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Otis is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 5,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Otis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #298MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #483INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #565CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #777FL
Otis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#57920

Otis (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OtisCanadaBoys#61447
OtisEngland & WalesBoys#71726
OtisIrelandBoys#4687
OtisNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
OtisScotlandBoys#19022
OtisUSGirls—too few
OtisUSBoys#652422
OtisVICBoys—too few