Otto
Otto is ranked 274th among boys in 2024 (1,239 births). Its best rank was 63rd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #274up 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2390.07% of boys
- Peak year
- 20241,239 births
- Best rank
- #63in 1880
- Since 1880
- 38,669people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,669 boys have been named Otto in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,239 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1910s alone account for 14%. It has spent 108 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 19 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Otto | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,679 | |
| 1890s | 2,543 | |
| 1900s | 1,746 | |
| 1910s | 5,552 | |
| 1920s | 5,542 | |
| 1930s | 3,135 | |
| 1940s | 1,918 | |
| 1950s | 1,513 | |
| 1960s | 1,125 | |
| 1970s | 712 | |
| 1980s | 575 | |
| 1990s | 610 | |
| 2000s | 1,168 | |
| 2010s | 4,570 | |
| 2020s | 5,281 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Otto was the 274th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Otto
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Archibaldpeak 2024
- Generalpeak 1918
- Docpeak 2021
- Guspeak 1921
- Gustavepeak 1915
- Dockpeak 1920
- Clempeak 1917
- Judgepeak 1919
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.