Otis
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About Otis
The name Otis is currently ranked #652 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #94 in 1899. The name is most popular in Vermont, Vermont, and Vermont. Otis is occasionally used for girls in 1976.
As of September 2026, Otis ranked #652 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #94 in 1899, Nameberry popularity #185.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,010 | 203 | 105.7 |
| 2015 | #845 | 266 | 138.8 |
| 2016 | #752 | 324 | 170.7 |
| 2017 | #744 | 319 | 172.3 |
| 2018 | #737 | 324 | 178.4 |
| 2019 | #706 | 351 | 195.6 |
| 2020 | #648 | 413 | 239.3 |
| 2021 | #647 | 427 | 244.1 |
| 2022 | #615 | 455 | 260.6 |
| 2023 | #654 | 418 | 244.4 |
| 2024 | #730 | 358 | 207.8 |
| 2025 | #652 | 422 | 247.1 |
World rankings
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Famous Otiss
- Otis Junior Nixon
American baseball player
- Otis Ray Redding
American soul singer
- Otis Williams
singer of American group The Temptations
- Otis Rush
American blues guitarist
- Otis Spann
American blues pianist
- Otis Crandall Davis
American Olympic sprinter
- Otis Theodore Wingo
U.S. Congressman from Arkansas
- Otis Sterling
American model
- Otis Ray Wilson
American football player
- Otis Ray Bowen
American politician, 44th governor of Indiana
- Otis Elmer Monroe
grandfather of actress Marilyn Monroe
- Otis Frey
son of musician Glenn Frey of the Eagles
- Otis Ferry (b. 1982)
son of singer Bryan Ferry and model Lucy Helmore
- Otis Chevallier
Hagen (b. 1990), son of singer Nina Hagen
- Otis Rainey (b. 2006)
son of model/heiress Jasmine Guinness and Gawain Rainey
- Otis James Roger Connerty (b. 2008)
son of actress Kate Ford and Jon Connerty
- Otis Akio Shinoda (b. 2009)
son of musician Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
- Otis Tobias Maguire (b. 2009)
son of actor Tobey Maguire and jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer
- Otis Kasdan (b. 2010)
son of singer Inara George and producer Jake Kasdan
- Otis Shard (b. 2011)
daughter of Hon. Emily Lascelles Shard and Matthew Shard, member of the British royal family
- Otis Giansiracusa (b. 2011)
son of AFL player Daniel Giansiracusa
- Otis Sonny David Macdonald (b. 2013)
son of singer Leah Wood & Jack Macdonald
- Otis Alexander Sudeikis
(b. 2014) son of actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
- Otis McMullen (b. 2014)
son of actor Nathan McMullen
- Clark Otis Marsden (b. 2010)
son of actor Jason Marsden
Otis in pop culture
- Otis
talking pug in film "The Adventures of Milo and Otis"
- Otis
"male cow" in animated movie "Barnyard" and TV series "Back at the Barnyard"
- Otis "Bad" Blake
character in movie "Crazy Heart"
- Otis
character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Otis Hefter
character in movie "Deep Impact"
- Otis Campbell
town drunk on TV's "The Andy Griffith Show"
- Brian "Otis" Zvonecek
character on TV's "Chicago Fire"
- Otis Day and the Knights
fictional band in movie "National Lampoon's Animal House"
- "Otis
" song by Kanye West and Jay,Z
- Otis
one of Thor's goats from "Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard series"
- Otis Milburn
main character on Netflix's "Sex Education"