Otto

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #277in 2025
  • 1 in 1,376boys in 2025
  • +165%last ten years
  • 7.2×in North Dakota

Most popular in 1889, and up 165% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,3972,79418801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Otto, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,453
18812,194
18822,217
18832,294
18842,517
18852,440
18862,437
18872,495
18882,582
18892,794
18902,405
18912,708
18922,253
18932,288
18942,332
18952,411
18962,091
18972,075
18982,111
18991,638
19001,322
19011,465
19021,565
19031,392
19041,257
19051,300
19061,299
19071,158
19081,147
19091,098
19101,030
19111,009
1912926
1913993
1914913
1915911
1916808
1917868
1918718
1919608
1920596
1921581
1922577
1923523
1924535
1925484
1926439
1927449
1928423
1929426
1930399
1931351
1932341
1933325
1934308
1935278
1936267
1937257
1938244
1939203
1940196
1941175
1942166
1943137
1944128
1945130
1946111
194797
194899
194997
195084
195178
195277
195386
195474
195567
195676
195770
195869
195970
196066
196166
196259
196362
196460
196547
196662
196763
196849
196945
197050
197153
197252
197335
197446
197542
197640
197737
197837
197938
198030
198132
198233
198331
198425
198534
198633
198728
198835
198930
199036
199125
199226
199332
199432
199526
199637
199727
199838
199934
200031
200146
200247
200349
200458
200564
200665
200770
200867
200987
201094
2011112
2012152
2013181
2014217
2015274
2016295
2017333
2018389
2019401
2020459
2021557
2022620
2023697
2024722
2025727

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Dakota 7.2×
  2. South Dakota 4.8×
  3. Minnesota 4.1×
  4. Montana 3.2×
  5. Wisconsin 3.2×

More like it

More like Otto

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,241
Rank in 2025
#277
How rare
1 in 1,376 boys
Since 1880
39,915

Most popular in 1889, at 2,794 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 165% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Dakota7.2×52
South Dakota4.8×38
Minnesota4.1×215
Montana3.2×25
Wisconsin3.2×160

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.