Otto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OT-oh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #124 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #277 for boys
Otto is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 124th for boys in the UK (467 babies) and 277th for boys in the US (1,241 babies).
What does Otto mean?
Germanic
“wealth, fortune”
Borne by Otto I, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962, and by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Otto a girl's or a boy's name?
Otto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 467 boys in the UK and 1,241 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Otto in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 124th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 467 about 1 in 640 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 102% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 467 boys in the UK were named Otto, making it the 124th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 221st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 485 boys.
Half of all the boys named Otto in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 117th in England and Wales, 208th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Otto in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 467 | #124 |
| 2024 | 485 | #125 |
| 2023 | 463 | #132 |
| 2022 | 345 | #167 |
| 2021 | 330 | #185 |
| 2020 | 253 | #221 |
| 2019 | 219 | #254 |
| 2018 | 227 | #255 |
| 2017 | 207 | #281 |
| 2016 | 181 | #313 |
| 2015 | 210 | #275 |
| 2014 | 142 | #355 |
| 2013 | 106 | #437 |
| 2012 | 115 | #405 |
| 2011 | 72 | #548 |
| 2010 | 101 | #426 |
| 2009 | 75 | #515 |
| 2008 | 66 | #563 |
| 2007 | 62 | #557 |
| 2006 | 56 | #579 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 33 | #763 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 28 | #750 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 22 | #790 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Otto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 277th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,241 about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,241 boys in the US were named Otto, making it the 277th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 389th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,244 boys.
Half of all the boys named Otto in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Otto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,241 | #277 |
| 2024 | 1,244 | #274 |
| 2023 | 1,193 | #282 |
| 2022 | 1,082 | #311 |
| 2021 | 975 | #334 |
| 2020 | 792 | #389 |
| 2019 | 719 | #429 |
| 2018 | 707 | #431 |
| 2017 | 617 | #478 |
| 2016 | 560 | #526 |
| 2015 | 526 | #544 |
| 2014 | 417 | #629 |
| 2013 | 343 | #696 |
| 2012 | 288 | #786 |
| 2011 | 213 | #935 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,078 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | 145 | #1,215 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,249 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,244 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,380 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,386 |
| 2000 | 61 | #1,778 |
| 1999 | 65 | #1,639 |
| 1998 | 73 | #1,499 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 62 | #1,511 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 52 | #1,654 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,289 |
| 1989 | 61 | #1,393 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,246 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,377 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,241 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,222 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,100 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,113 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,050 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | 72 | #961 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,108 |
| 1972 | 85 | #873 |
| 1971 | 94 | #838 |
| 1970 | 92 | #839 |
| 1969 | 81 | #851 |
| 1968 | 86 | #799 |
| 1967 | 110 | #705 |
| 1966 | 111 | #703 |
| 1965 | 88 | #789 |
| 1964 | 120 | #707 |
| 1963 | 126 | #691 |
| 1962 | 122 | #694 |
| 1961 | 140 | #660 |
| 1960 | 141 | #656 |
| 1959 | 150 | #631 |
| 1958 | 147 | #632 |
| 1957 | 152 | #622 |
| 1956 | 161 | #599 |
| 1955 | 137 | #633 |
| 1954 | 151 | #599 |
| 1953 | 169 | #543 |
| 1952 | 150 | #568 |
| 1951 | 147 | #563 |
| 1950 | 150 | #550 |
| 1949 | 172 | #508 |
| 1948 | 173 | #501 |
| 1947 | 177 | #504 |
| 1946 | 181 | #478 |
| 1945 | 175 | #449 |
| 1944 | 174 | #460 |
| 1943 | 195 | #453 |
| 1942 | 229 | #401 |
| 1941 | 215 | #395 |
| 1940 | 227 | #379 |
| 1939 | 225 | #379 |
| 1938 | 271 | #336 |
| 1937 | 274 | #329 |
| 1936 | 277 | #323 |
| 1935 | 289 | #318 |
| 1934 | 318 | #304 |
| 1933 | 322 | #294 |
| 1932 | 356 | #288 |
| 1931 | 365 | #289 |
| 1930 | 438 | #268 |
| 1929 | 458 | #262 |
| 1928 | 469 | #262 |
| 1927 | 506 | #253 |
| 1926 | 488 | #254 |
| 1925 | 540 | #243 |
| 1924 | 606 | #221 |
| 1923 | 573 | #231 |
| 1922 | 628 | #206 |
| 1921 | 640 | #210 |
| 1920 | 634 | #206 |
| 1919 | 596 | #208 |
| 1918 | 728 | #181 |
| 1917 | 803 | #157 |
| 1916 | 719 | #170 |
| 1915 | 773 | #153 |
| 1914 | 598 | #154 |
| 1913 | 509 | #146 |
| 1912 | 398 | #150 |
| 1911 | 228 | #150 |
| 1910 | 200 | #154 |
| 1909 | 180 | #144 |
| 1908 | 177 | #139 |
| 1907 | 170 | #139 |
| 1906 | 173 | #124 |
| 1905 | 172 | #124 |
| 1904 | 161 | #132 |
| 1903 | 166 | #120 |
| 1902 | 192 | #101 |
| 1901 | 156 | #111 |
| 1900 | 199 | #115 |
| 1899 | 174 | #101 |
| 1898 | 259 | #80 |
| 1897 | 234 | #78 |
| 1896 | 250 | #80 |
| 1895 | 283 | #69 |
| 1894 | 270 | #74 |
| 1893 | 257 | #73 |
| 1892 | 275 | #74 |
| 1891 | 274 | #65 |
| 1890 | 267 | #68 |
| 1889 | 309 | #65 |
| 1888 | 312 | #66 |
| 1887 | 253 | #67 |
| 1886 | 270 | #68 |
| 1885 | 263 | #69 |
| 1884 | 288 | #65 |
| 1883 | 240 | #66 |
| 1882 | 252 | #69 |
| 1881 | 221 | #69 |
| 1880 | 271 | #63 |
Names like Otto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Otis, Ollie, Milo, Henry, Archie, Louie, Leo, Ellis, Rupert, Albert, Charlie, Frederick
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Otto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/otto, updated 20 October 2026.