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How popular is “Otis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Otis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Otis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Otis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Otis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Otis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Otis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Otis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 88 0.000436759 88 -100%
1881 89 0.000461887 89 -100%
1882 116 0.000523624 116 -100%
1883 89 0.00041024 89 -100%
1884 107 0.000439495 107 -100%
1885 89 0.000369518 89 -100%
1886 99 0.000387755 99 -100%
1887 97 0.00039209 97 -100%
1888 116 0.000387346 116 -100%
1889 121 0.000418763 5 116 -92%
1890 119 0.000394823 119 -100%
1891 97 0.000338365 97 -100%
1892 133 0.000397758 7 126 -89%
1893 124 0.000381277 124 -100%
1894 129 0.000380879 129 -100%
1895 133 0.000378896 133 -100%
1896 124 0.000346869 124 -100%
1897 142 0.000409273 9 133 -87%
1898 187 0.000490228 8 179 -91%
1899 192 0.000565981 7 185 -93%
1900 227 0.000504155 15 212 -87%
1901 127 0.000367252 127 -100%
1902 179 0.000462852 10 169 -89%
1903 173 0.00045383 5 168 -94%
1904 187 0.000463462 6 181 -94%
1905 221 0.000521322 5 216 -95%
1906 191 0.000445792 7 184 -93%
1907 206 0.00044264 7 199 -93%
1908 251 0.000513661 8 243 -94%
1909 276 0.000539881 9 267 -93%
1910 304 0.000514634 19 285 -88%
1911 311 0.000482711 9 302 -94%
1912 535 0.000541464 13 522 -95%
1913 571 0.00050215 14 557 -95%
1914 722 0.000509763 13 709 -96%
1915 917 0.000500429 16 901 -97%
1916 930 0.000480765 22 908 -95%
1917 926 0.000461443 14 912 -97%
1918 945 0.000435261 9 936 -98%
1919 950 0.000450185 19 931 -96%
1920 1056 0.000466711 25 1031 -95%
1921 1028 0.00044035 27 1001 -95%
1922 1007 0.0004399 19 988 -96%
1923 917 0.000398266 13 904 -97%
1924 1029 0.000432061 18 1011 -97%
1925 972 0.000416577 14 958 -97%
1926 894 0.000389389 16 878 -96%
1927 933 0.000402266 32 901 -93%
1928 902 0.000398949 18 884 -96%
1929 813 0.000370867 17 796 -96%
1930 846 0.000380518 15 831 -96%
1931 745 0.000354022 15 730 -96%
1932 826 0.00039123 14 812 -97%
1933 770 0.000385106 14 756 -96%
1934 783 0.000377019 15 768 -96%
1935 744 0.000355998 13 731 -97%
1936 710 0.000341744 11 699 -97%
1937 696 0.000326658 15 681 -96%
1938 727 0.000328577 9 718 -98%
1939 739 0.000335384 9 730 -98%
1940 667 0.000289662 6 661 -98%
1941 745 0.000305776 9 736 -98%
1942 747 0.000273444 10 737 -97%
1943 755 0.000267488 13 742 -97%
1944 768 0.000285493 9 759 -98%
1945 717 0.000270269 11 706 -97%
1946 795 0.000248802 14 781 -96%
1947 886 0.000245952 16 870 -96%
1948 856 0.000247935 11 845 -97%
1949 829 0.000237892 12 817 -97%
1950 842 0.000240341 11 831 -97%
1951 820 0.0002226 820 -100%
1952 758 0.000199578 9 749 -98%
1953 773 0.000200589 6 767 -98%
1954 757 0.000190167 6 751 -98%
1955 733 0.000182562 12 721 -97%
1956 719 0.000174386 13 706 -96%
1957 667 0.000158729 6 661 -98%
1958 668 0.000161591 6 662 -98%
1959 622 0.000149591 5 617 -98%
1960 565 0.00013602 9 556 -97%
1961 559 0.000134949 15 544 -95%
1962 485 0.000120187 9 476 -96%
1963 518 0.000130868 7 511 -97%
1964 545 0.000140189 13 532 -95%
1965 472 0.000130191 472 -100%
1966 427 0.000122855 6 421 -97%
1967 421 0.00012401 7 414 -97%
1968 506 0.000149774 9 497 -96%
1969 538 0.000154806 6 532 -98%
1970 505 0.000140024 9 496 -96%
1971 423 0.000123239 7 416 -97%
1972 385 0.000122495 6 379 -97%
1973 380 0.000125958 9 371 -95%
1974 309 0.000101645 309 -100%
1975 330 0.000109293 330 -100%
1976 329 0.000108427 5 324 -97%
1977 301 0.000094759 301 -100%
1978 297 0.000093577 297 -100%
1979 329 0.000098888 329 -100%
1980 296 0.000085934 296 -100%
1981 269 0.00007776 269 -100%
1982 254 0.000072407 254 -100%
1983 205 0.000059191 205 -100%
1984 218 0.000062486 218 -100%
1985 203 0.000056877 203 -100%
1986 213 0.000059881 213 -100%
1987 194 0.000053805 194 -100%
1988 192 0.000051962 192 -100%
1989 193 0.000050202 193 -100%
1990 213 0.00005389 213 -100%
1991 184 0.000047237 184 -100%
1992 155 0.000040351 155 -100%
1993 149 0.00003952 149 -100%
1994 138 0.00003712 138 -100%
1995 114 0.000031129 114 -100%
1996 115 0.000031531 115 -100%
1997 111 0.000030614 111 -100%
1998 104 0.000028275 104 -100%
1999 84 0.00002274 84 -100%
2000 97 0.000025662 97 -100%
2001 115 0.000030721 115 -100%
2002 82 0.000021935 82 -100%
2003 78 0.000020514 78 -100%
2004 80 0.000020937 80 -100%
2005 106 0.000027569 106 -100%
2006 107 0.000027046 107 -100%
2007 112 0.000028016 112 -100%
2008 120 0.000030529 120 -100%
2009 131 0.000034292 131 -100%
2010 122 0.000033011 122 -100%
2011 144 0.000039368 144 -100%
2012 182 0.000049763 182 -100%
2013 177 0.000048551 177 -100%
2014 203 0.00005477 203 -100%
2015 266 0.000071874 266 -100%
2016 324 0.000088315 324 -100%
2017 319 0.000089201 319 -100%
2018 324 0.000092153 324 -100%
2019 351 0.000101126 351 -100%
2020 413 0.000123631 413 -100%
2021 427 0.000126035 427 -100%
2022 455 0.000134491 455 -100%
2023 418 0.000126238 418 -100%
2024 358 0.000107556 358 -100%

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