Otis
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning keen of hearing.
Babies a year
726
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#652
up from #730
UK popularity
#71
726 babies · down from #67
How Otis has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #845 |
| 2016 | #751 |
| 2017 | #744 |
| 2018 | #736 |
| 2019 | #707 |
| 2020 | #648 |
| 2021 | #646 |
| 2022 | #613 |
| 2023 | #652 |
| 2024 | #730 |
| 2025 | #652 |
Otis by the numbers
In 2025, 726 babies in England and Wales were named Otis. In the US, 316 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,031 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1905, about 1 in 660 American boys born that year was called Otis.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Otis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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