first name
OTIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,414 people named Otis, 55.2% reported their origin as Black, 37.1% as White and 3.8% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Otis peaked in 1920, when 1,056 babies got the name.
At least 61,969 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Otis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #318. The largest share of babies named Otis, 27%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Otis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Otis has been most common in Mississippi (4.9×), Alabama (3.7×), and Arkansas (3.6×), and least common in Nebraska (0.11×).
52,572 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Otis
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Otis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Otis ranks #4,789 of 156,621, with 7,160 people. See Otis as a last name
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