How Many People Are Named Otto?
people named Otto are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,892 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,015 babies named Otto in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,244 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian and Icelandic form of OTTO.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Otto in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Otto alive today is about 23 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Otto first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 1,244 babies. In 2025, 1,241 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Otto never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #63, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 19 years, 1880 to 1898. In 2025 it ranked #277.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #277 |
| Best rank | #63 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 19 (1880 to 1898) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #310 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Otto alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Otto were born in California than in any other state: about 1,744 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Otto was given 3.9 times as often in North Dakota, 2.6 times in South Dakota and 2.5 times in Minnesota.
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