Otis
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Otis is also given to girls.
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 · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,010 | 203 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #845 | 266 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #752 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #744 | 319 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #737 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #706 | 351 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #648 | 413 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #647 | 427 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #615 | 455 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #654 | 418 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #730 | 358 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #652 | 422 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Otis on lists
Famous Otiss
- Otis Junior NixonBoy
American baseball player
- Otis Ray ReddingBoy
American soul singer
- Otis WilliamsBoy
singer of American group The Temptations
- Otis RushBoy
American blues guitarist
- Otis SpannBoy
American blues pianist
- Otis Crandall DavisBoy
American Olympic sprinter
- Otis Theodore WingoBoy
U.S. Congressman from Arkansas
- Otis SterlingBoy
American model
- Otis Ray WilsonBoy
American football player
- Otis Ray BowenBoy
American politician, 44th governor of Indiana
- Otis Elmer MonroeBoy
grandfather of actress Marilyn Monroe
- Otis FreyBoy
son of musician Glenn Frey of the Eagles
- Otis Ferry (b. 1982)Boy
son of singer Bryan Ferry and model Lucy Helmore
- Otis ChevallierBoy
Hagen (b. 1990), son of singer Nina Hagen
- Otis Rainey (b. 2006)Boy
son of model/heiress Jasmine Guinness and Gawain Rainey
- Otis James Roger Connerty (b. 2008)Boy
son of actress Kate Ford and Jon Connerty
- Otis Akio Shinoda (b. 2009)Boy
son of musician Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
- Otis Tobias Maguire (b. 2009)Boy
son of actor Tobey Maguire and jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer
- Otis Kasdan (b. 2010)Boy
son of singer Inara George and producer Jake Kasdan
- Otis Shard (b. 2011)Boy
daughter of Hon. Emily Lascelles Shard and Matthew Shard, member of the British royal family
- Otis Giansiracusa (b. 2011)Boy
son of AFL player Daniel Giansiracusa
- Otis Sonny David Macdonald (b. 2013)Boy
son of singer Leah Wood & Jack Macdonald
- Otis Alexander SudeikisBoy
(b. 2014) son of actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
- Otis McMullen (b. 2014)Boy
son of actor Nathan McMullen
- Clark Otis Marsden (b. 2010)Boy
son of actor Jason Marsden
Otis in pop culture
- OtisBoy
talking pug in film "The Adventures of Milo and Otis"
- OtisBoy
"male cow" in animated movie "Barnyard" and TV series "Back at the Barnyard"
- Otis "Bad" BlakeBoy
character in movie "Crazy Heart"
- OtisBoy
character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Otis HefterBoy
character in movie "Deep Impact"
- Otis CampbellBoy
town drunk on TV's "The Andy Griffith Show"
- Brian "Otis" ZvonecekBoy
character on TV's "Chicago Fire"
- Otis Day and the KnightsBoy
fictional band in movie "National Lampoon's Animal House"
- "OtisBoy
" song by Kanye West and Jay,Z
- OtisBoy
one of Thor's goats from "Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard series"
- Otis MilburnBoy
main character on Netflix's "Sex Education"