Otis is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1920 and has grown less common since.
Otis is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #652 for boy births in the United States (and #1,324 across all names), given to 422 babies. Otis first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (1,031 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 422 | 422 | — | #652 |
| 2024 | 359 | 359 | — | #733 |
| 2023 | 420 | 420 | — | #651 |
| 2022 | 456 | 456 | — | #615 |
| 2021 | 427 | 427 | — | #647 |
| 2020 | 413 | 413 | — | #648 |
| 2019 | 351 | 351 | — | #706 |
| 2018 | 325 | 325 | — | #736 |
| 2017 | 319 | 319 | — | #744 |
| 2016 | 324 | 324 | — | #752 |
| 2015 | 266 | 266 | — | #845 |
| 2014 | 203 | 203 | — | #1,010 |
| 2013 | 177 | 177 | — | #1,064 |
| 2012 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,048 |
| 2011 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,217 |
| 2010 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,381 |
| 2009 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,328 |
| 2008 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,412 |
| 2007 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,442 |
| 2006 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,450 |
| 2005 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,408 |
| 2004 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,626 |
| 2003 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,627 |
| 2002 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,527 |
| 2001 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,189 |
| 2000 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,330 |
| 1999 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,403 |
| 1998 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,194 |
| 1997 | 111 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1996 | 115 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1995 | 114 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1994 | 138 | — | — | #939 |
| 1993 | 149 | — | — | #873 |
| 1992 | 155 | — | — | #852 |
| 1991 | 184 | — | — | #755 |
| 1990 | 213 | — | — | #699 |
| 1989 | 193 | — | — | #711 |
| 1988 | 192 | — | — | #679 |
| 1987 | 194 | — | — | #657 |
| 1986 | 213 | — | — | #611 |
| 1985 | 203 | — | — | #614 |
| 1984 | 218 | — | — | #575 |
| 1983 | 205 | — | — | #600 |
| 1982 | 254 | — | — | #539 |
| 1981 | 269 | — | — | #514 |
| 1980 | 296 | — | — | #492 |
| 1979 | 329 | — | — | #448 |
| 1978 | 297 | — | — | #467 |
| 1977 | 302 | — | — | #462 |
| 1976 | 329 | — | #10,408 | #431 |
| 1975 | 330 | — | — | #435 |
| 1974 | 309 | — | — | #457 |
| 1973 | 380 | — | #5,916 | #405 |
| 1972 | 385 | — | #7,947 | #404 |
| 1971 | 423 | — | #7,142 | #397 |
| 1970 | 505 | — | #5,691 | #367 |
| 1969 | 538 | — | #7,223 | #339 |
| 1968 | 506 | — | #5,036 | #348 |
| 1967 | 421 | — | #5,882 | #368 |
| 1966 | 427 | — | #6,357 | #369 |
| 1965 | 472 | — | — | #351 |
| 1964 | 545 | — | #3,831 | #341 |
| 1963 | 517 | — | #5,732 | #341 |
| 1962 | 486 | — | #4,780 | #366 |
| 1961 | 559 | — | #3,429 | #335 |
| 1960 | 565 | — | #4,682 | #326 |
| 1959 | 622 | — | #6,957 | #311 |
| 1958 | 668 | — | #5,921 | #294 |
| 1957 | 668 | — | #5,897 | #288 |
| 1956 | 719 | — | #3,455 | #278 |
| 1955 | 733 | — | #3,521 | #259 |
| 1954 | 757 | — | #5,587 | #257 |
| 1953 | 773 | — | #5,493 | #246 |
| 1952 | 757 | — | #4,037 | #250 |
| 1951 | 820 | — | — | #231 |
| 1950 | 842 | — | #3,370 | #221 |
| 1949 | 829 | — | #3,131 | #224 |
| 1948 | 856 | — | #3,300 | #221 |
| 1947 | 886 | — | #2,609 | #217 |
| 1946 | 795 | — | #2,708 | #217 |
| 1945 | 717 | — | #2,874 | #205 |
| 1944 | 768 | — | #3,313 | #198 |
| 1943 | 755 | — | #2,663 | #209 |
| 1942 | 747 | — | #3,149 | #207 |
| 1941 | 745 | — | #3,187 | #195 |
| 1940 | 667 | — | #4,235 | #200 |
| 1939 | 739 | — | #3,093 | #185 |
| 1938 | 727 | — | #3,124 | #190 |
| 1937 | 696 | — | #2,166 | #189 |
| 1936 | 710 | — | #2,655 | #187 |
| 1935 | 743 | — | #2,410 | #182 |
| 1934 | 784 | — | #2,154 | #177 |
| 1933 | 770 | — | #2,253 | #175 |
| 1932 | 826 | — | #2,340 | #174 |
| 1931 | 745 | — | #2,185 | #181 |
| 1930 | 846 | — | #2,277 | #172 |
| 1929 | 813 | — | #2,080 | #177 |
| 1928 | 902 | — | #2,076 | #165 |
| 1927 | 933 | — | #1,445 | #167 |
| 1926 | 894 | — | #2,327 | #168 |
| 1925 | 972 | — | #2,587 | #159 |
| 1924 | 1,029 | — | #2,194 | #158 |
| 1923 | 917 | — | #2,691 | #165 |
| 1922 | 1,007 | — | #2,086 | #156 |
| 1921 | 1,028 | — | #1,662 | #151 |
| 1920 | 1,056 | — | #1,692 | #146 |
| 1919 | 950 | — | #1,973 | #146 |
| 1918 | 945 | — | #3,455 | #151 |
| 1917 | 926 | — | #2,400 | #145 |
| 1916 | 930 | — | #1,671 | #142 |
| 1915 | 917 | — | #2,028 | #141 |
| 1914 | 722 | — | #1,988 | #140 |
| 1913 | 571 | — | #1,657 | #140 |
| 1912 | 535 | — | #1,596 | #126 |
| 1911 | 311 | — | #1,759 | #122 |
| 1910 | 304 | — | #1,022 | #109 |
| 1909 | 276 | — | #1,575 | #99 |
| 1908 | 251 | — | #1,647 | #105 |
| 1907 | 206 | — | #1,776 | #121 |
| 1906 | 191 | — | #1,683 | #116 |
| 1905 | 221 | — | #2,162 | #99 |
| 1904 | 187 | — | #1,814 | #115 |
| 1903 | 173 | — | #2,010 | #118 |
| 1902 | 179 | — | #1,193 | #112 |
| 1901 | 127 | — | — | #135 |
| 1900 | 227 | — | #1,002 | #110 |
| 1899 | 192 | — | #1,364 | #94 |
| 1898 | 187 | — | #1,354 | #107 |
| 1897 | 142 | — | #1,146 | #123 |
| 1896 | 124 | — | — | #135 |
| 1895 | 133 | — | — | #127 |
| 1894 | 129 | — | — | #122 |
| 1893 | 124 | — | — | #123 |
| 1892 | 133 | — | #1,245 | #130 |
| 1891 | 97 | — | — | #139 |
| 1890 | 119 | — | — | #122 |
| 1889 | 121 | — | #1,437 | #121 |
| 1888 | 116 | — | — | #133 |
| 1887 | 97 | — | — | #132 |
| 1886 | 99 | — | — | #137 |
| 1885 | 89 | — | — | #152 |
| 1884 | 107 | — | — | #134 |
| 1883 | 89 | — | — | #146 |
| 1882 | 116 | — | — | #122 |
| 1881 | 89 | — | — | #139 |
| 1880 | 88 | — | — | #156 |