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Otis Name Popularity

How popular is the name Otis? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 252 0.0716%
1911 — 280 0.0752%
1912 — 483 0.0958%
1913 — 514 0.0907%
1914 — 683 0.098%
1915 — 878 0.0966%
1916 — 875 0.0906%
1917 — 874 0.0874%
1918 — 902 0.084%
1919 — 889 0.0849%
1920 — 989 0.0889%
1921 — 963 0.0841%
1922 — 954 0.0856%
1923 — 873 0.0779%
1924 — 972 0.0837%
1925 — 927 0.082%
1926 — 838 0.0762%
1927 — 876 0.0791%
1928 — 851 0.0795%
1929 — 753 0.0727%
1930 — 807 0.0773%
1931 — 698 0.0707%
1932 — 782 0.0792%
1933 — 721 0.0774%
1934 — 738 0.0763%
1935 — 701 0.0721%
1936 — 669 0.0694%
1937 — 640 0.0649%
1938 — 687 0.0671%
1939 — 706 0.0694%
1940 — 621 0.0584%
1941 — 703 0.0625%
1942 — 717 0.0568%
1943 — 716 0.0548%
1944 — 732 0.0591%
1945 — 674 0.0553%
1946 — 754 0.0511%
1947 — 842 0.0504%
1948 — 812 0.0509%
1949 — 804 0.05%
1950 — 806 0.0501%
1951 — 785 0.0463%
1952 — 725 0.0415%
1953 — 742 0.0419%
1954 — 736 0.0403%
1955 — 701 0.0381%
1956 — 678 0.0359%
1957 — 639 0.0332%
1958 — 644 0.0341%
1959 — 606 0.0319%
1960 — 535 0.0282%
1961 — 508 0.0269%
1962 — 458 0.0249%
1963 — 482 0.0269%
1964 — 509 0.0289%
1965 — 453 0.0277%
1966 — 389 0.0249%
1967 — 394 0.026%
1968 — 479 0.0319%
1969 — 510 0.0331%
1970 — 465 0.0292%
1971 — 392 0.0261%
1972 — 348 0.0256%
1973 — 336 0.0259%
1974 — 272 0.0209%
1975 — 294 0.0229%
1976 — 293 0.0227%
1977 — 262 0.0194%
1978 — 256 0.019%
1979 — 304 0.0216%
1980 — 254 0.0174%
1981 — 228 0.0155%
1982 — 212 0.0142%
1983 — 165 0.0112%
1984 — 182 0.0122%
1985 — 161 0.0106%
1986 — 177 0.0117%
1987 — 152 0.01%
1988 — 148 0.0095%
1989 — 153 0.0095%
1990 — 158 0.0095%
1991 — 148 0.0091%
1992 — 112 0.007%
1993 — 98 0.0063%
1994 — 101 0.0066%
1995 — 66 0.0044%
1996 — 79 0.0053%
1997 — 78 0.0053%
1998 — 61 0.0041%
1999 — 46 0.0031%
2000 — 48 0.0031%
2001 — 58 0.0038%
2002 — 39 0.0026%
2003 — 23 0.0015%
2004 — 39 0.0026%
2005 — 56 0.0037%
2006 — 50 0.0032%
2007 — 51 0.0032%
2008 — 69 0.0045%
2009 — 72 0.0048%
2010 — 52 0.0036%
2011 — 75 0.0053%
2012 — 134 0.0094%
2013 — 113 0.0079%
2014 — 159 0.0109%
2015 — 209 0.0144%
2016 — 266 0.0184%
2017 — 256 0.0183%
2018 — 267 0.0194%
2019 — 307 0.0227%
2020 — 343 0.0269%
2021 — 373 0.0305%
2022 — 413 0.0313%
2023 — 368 0.0284%

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Names Like Otis

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What names are variants of Otis?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Oates

Wealth; son of Otto

German

Otess

Wealth; son of Otto

German

Ottis

Wealth; son of Otto

German

Otys

Wealth; son of Otto

German

What names sound like Otis?

If you like how Otis sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Otis.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Addis

Earth

Hebrew

Athos

Mount Athos

Greek

Odis

Wealth

German

Ozzie

Bear god; God's power

English

Waits

Guard, watchman

English

Watts

Army ruler

English

Yates

The gates

English

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Siblings of Otis

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3 Comments

  1. Otis is an international name so in every language people are going to pronounce it correctly. Furthermore we are big music lovers and we really like the music of Otis Redding from back in the days. It also fits perfectly with his last name. And so we chose this name. ?

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  2. I love being subscribed to your activity. I find it very caring and knowledgeable. It resonates very week with my beliefs and interests. Thank you !

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  3. Otis is not a super common name, but it’s sweet and easy to spell and pronounce!

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