Ottilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-TEE-lyah
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Ottilia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “prosperous, wealthy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Ottilia mean?
Germanic: spelling of Otilia; Spanish, Romanian and Polish form of Ottilie
“prosperous, wealthy”
St Odile (Ottilia), said to have been born blind, is the patron saint of Alsace.
Meaning borrowed from Otilia.
Is Ottilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ottilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ottilia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 143% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Ottilia, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ottilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Ottilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Ottilia 10
- Otilia 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Ottilia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Ottilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Ottilia, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1891, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ottilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1895 and 1922, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ottilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,540 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 13 | #895 |
| 1896 | 12 | #950 |
| 1895 | 16 | #788 |
| 1894 | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 22 | #559 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 11 | #693 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Ottilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda, Ophelia, Ada, Lottie, Etta, Harriet, Olive, Amelia, Hattie, Eliza, Aurelia, Millie
Other spellings of Ottilia
Names related to Ottilia
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
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, “Ottilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ottilia, updated 20 October 2026.