Ota is a very rare variant of Otto that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Ota is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1937. Ota was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1916 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,771 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #5,421 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,336 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,699 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,885 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,941 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,840 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,677 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #5,406 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #3,300 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | #2,458 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #4,144 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,585 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #2,088 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,898 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,158 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,616 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,154 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #1,362 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,649 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,513 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #1,389 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,214 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | #1,073 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,411 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,490 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,435 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,249 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,126 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #1,021 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,131 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #878 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #728 |