Otis
2025 SSA
About Otis
Otis has real appeal for parents attracted to its catchy O initial and combination of strength and spunk. The appealing hero of the British TV show Sex Education has done much to propel Otis into the forefront of cool names.
Otis originally came into use as a tribute to the Revolutionary hero James Otis, and would be familiar to kids via the Disney film The Adventures of Milo and Otis.
Though well used at the turn of the last century, Otis was off the charts for two decades from 1995 to 2014, and now sounds like a fresh choice. Tobey Maguire used the name back in 2009. More recently, and possibly contributing to Otis's return to the Top 1000 in 2015, Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis gave the name to their son.
Pronounced OH-tis.
As of October 2026, Otis ranked #652 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #94 in 1899, Nameberry popularity #141.
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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Otis on lists
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"