Otilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-TEE-lyah
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Otilia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “prosperous, wealthy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Otilia mean?
Germanic: Spanish, Romanian and Polish form of Ottilie
“prosperous, wealthy”
St Odile (Ottilia), said to have been born blind, is the patron saint of Alsace.
Is Otilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Otilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Otilia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Otilia, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Otilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Otilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Ottilia 10
- Otilia 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Otilia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Otilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Otilia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1935, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
2025 had more girls named Otilia than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Otilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Otilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,182 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,556 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,289 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,262 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
Names like Otilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Harriet, Matilda, Ada, Lottie, Etta, Ottilie, Amelia, Eloise, Billie, Beatrice, Aurelia
Other spellings of Otilia
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Otilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/otilia, updated 20 October 2026.