How Many People Are Named Ottis?
people named Ottis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 275,855 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,647 babies named Ottis in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
132 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ottis (99.7%) were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 9.7% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ottis alive today is about 59 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ottis first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 132 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ottis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #466, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #6,067.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,067 |
| Best rank | #466 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #607 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ottis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ottis were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 76 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ottis was given 8.1 times as often in Mississippi, 6.7 times in Kentucky and 6.1 times in Alabama.
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