Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ottis

#1,830 most common boys' name of all time · #4,415 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,830
Rank overall
#4,415 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
4,647
Since 2016
107
Peak year
1922 #572
Best rank
#463 1903
Girls Boys peak 132/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ottis is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,873
2024 — 14 14 #6,206
2023 — 11 11 #7,298
2022 — 14 14 #6,154
2021 — 11 11 #7,094
2020 — 9 9 #8,083
2019 — 6 6 #10,820
2018 — 10 10 #7,629
2017 — 7 7 #9,709
2016 — 10 10 #7,626
2014 — 5 5 #12,143
2013 — 8 8 #8,815
2010 — 6 6 #10,793
2008 — 5 5 #12,592
2005 — 6 6 #10,172
2004 — 8 8 #8,167
2003 — 5 5 #10,921
2002 — 7 7 #8,483
1999 — 5 5 #9,940
1998 — 7 7 #7,589
1997 — 5 5 #9,291
1995 — 6 6 #7,821
1994 — 5 5 #8,826
1992 — 9 9 #5,676
1991 — 15 15 #3,823
1990 — 6 6 #7,212
1988 — 9 9 #4,804
1987 — 13 13 #3,535
1986 — 7 7 #5,354
1985 — 5 5 #6,576
1984 — 12 12 #3,474
1983 — 8 8 #4,520
1982 — 14 14 #3,122
1981 — 13 13 #3,232
1980 — 14 14 #3,106
1979 — 9 9 #4,093
1978 — 15 15 #2,816
1977 — 18 18 #2,475
1976 — 18 18 #2,426
1975 — 16 16 #2,553
1974 — 11 11 #3,141
1973 — 17 17 #2,321
1972 — 17 17 #2,248
1971 — 32 32 #1,531
1970 — 15 15 #2,411
1969 — 21 21 #1,815
1968 — 19 19 #1,851
1967 — 21 21 #1,722
1966 — 25 25 #1,546
1965 — 27 27 #1,492
1964 — 16 16 #2,049
1963 — 23 23 #1,664
1962 — 25 25 #1,597
1961 — 28 28 #1,525
1960 — 16 16 #2,053
1959 — 42 42 #1,203
1958 — 35 35 #1,311
1957 — 33 33 #1,375
1956 — 34 34 #1,320
1955 — 33 33 #1,318
1954 — 41 41 #1,175
1953 — 33 33 #1,310
1952 — 27 27 #1,466
1951 — 51 51 #989
1950 — 38 38 #1,171
1949 — 53 53 #950
1948 — 47 47 #1,029
1947 — 42 42 #1,122
1946 — 49 49 #956
1945 — 55 55 #849
1944 — 58 58 #828
1943 — 69 69 #790
1942 — 66 66 #792
1941 — 65 65 #776
1940 — 57 57 #834
1939 — 46 46 #922
1938 — 79 79 #681
1937 — 68 68 #738
1936 6 72 78 #703
1935 — 86 86 #637
1934 — 65 65 #765
1933 — 70 70 #731
1932 — 80 80 #688
1931 6 93 99 #617
1930 — 80 80 #697
1929 12 104 116 #595
1928 — 100 100 #611
1927 7 104 111 #613
1926 5 93 98 #654
1925 — 109 109 #606
1924 10 94 104 #669
1923 — 107 107 #615
1922 8 124 132 #572
1921 10 115 125 #593
1920 — 130 130 #536
1919 8 112 120 #566
1918 10 104 114 #602
1917 11 106 117 #576
1916 10 102 112 #567
1915 10 96 106 #581
1914 6 62 68 #644
1913 11 53 64 #608
1912 5 46 51 #605
1911 6 18 24 #774
1910 5 20 25 #666
1909 — 21 21 #582
1908 — 20 20 #580
1907 7 14 21 #721
1906 — 12 12 #736
1905 5 17 22 #588
1904 — 17 17 #560
1903 — 21 21 #463
1902 — 16 16 #549
1901 — 5 5 #1,110
1900 5 8 13 #1,007
1899 6 17 23 #477
1898 5 8 13 #840
1897 — 9 9 #765
1896 — 12 12 #662
1895 — 11 11 #670
1894 — 11 11 #658
1893 — 14 14 #535
1892 — 10 10 #731
1890 — 10 10 #656
1888 — 7 7 #863
1887 — 11 11 #576
1885 — 6 6 #878
1884 — 9 9 #689
1883 — 7 7 #764
1881 — 9 9 #641
1880 — 6 6 #889