first name
OTTO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,718 people named Otto, 67.2% reported their origin as White, 21.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Otto peaked in 2024, when 1,244 babies got the name.
At least 40,015 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.
Otto by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #174. The largest share of babies named Otto, 29.5%, 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 Otto is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Otto has been most common in North Dakota (5×), South Dakota (3.2×), and Minnesota (2.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.29×).
28,193 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 Otto
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Otto, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Otto ranks #1,595 of 156,621, with 21,938 people. See Otto as a last name
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