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 |
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. Its US peak was 1,031 in 1920.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Otis was most common in 1905, when it went to 0.15% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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