Ottis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OT-iss
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Ottis is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “wealth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Ottis mean?
Germanic: spelling of Otis
“wealth”
A spelling of Otis, an English surname from the medieval personal name Ode, a form of Otto.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ottis a girl's or a boy's name?
Ottis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ottis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 443% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Ottis, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ottis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Ottis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ottis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Ottis, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1920, with 130 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ottis than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Ottis in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ottis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,316 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,168 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 51 | #983 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1949 | 53 | #945 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 49 | #952 |
| 1945 | 55 | #845 |
| 1944 | 58 | #824 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 66 | #791 |
| 1941 | 65 | #770 |
| 1940 | 57 | #830 |
| 1939 | 46 | #916 |
| 1938 | 79 | #680 |
| 1937 | 68 | #737 |
| 1936 | 72 | #698 |
| 1935 | 86 | #633 |
| 1934 | 65 | #762 |
| 1933 | 70 | #729 |
| 1932 | 80 | #686 |
| 1931 | 93 | #616 |
| 1930 | 80 | #696 |
| 1929 | 104 | #591 |
| 1928 | 100 | #610 |
| 1927 | 104 | #610 |
| 1926 | 93 | #654 |
| 1925 | 109 | #605 |
| 1924 | 94 | #667 |
| 1923 | 107 | #614 |
| 1922 | 124 | #571 |
| 1921 | 115 | #592 |
| 1920 | 130 | #535 |
| 1919 | 112 | #564 |
| 1918 | 104 | #601 |
| 1917 | 106 | #576 |
| 1916 | 102 | #565 |
| 1915 | 96 | #580 |
| 1914 | 62 | #642 |
| 1913 | 53 | #604 |
| 1912 | 46 | #599 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 17 | #574 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 21 | #451 |
| 1902 | 16 | #536 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Ottis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Otis Otto Frederick Archie Lewis Francis Louie Albert Rupert Ollie Ellis Arthur
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda 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, “Ottis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ottis, updated 20 October 2026.