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How popular is “Ottie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ottie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ottie” 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 “Ottie” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ottie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ottie” 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 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 14 0.000063196 9 5 29%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 100%
1884 13 0.000053397 8 5 23%
1885 16 0.00006643 11 5 38%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 100%
1887 20 0.000080843 14 6 40%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 24 0.000079628 19 5 58%
1891 27 0.000094184 21 6 56%
1892 24 0.000071776 19 5 58%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 100%
1895 24 0.000068372 18 6 50%
1896 27 0.000075528 19 8 41%
1897 21 0.000060526 15 6 43%
1898 27 0.000070782 21 6 56%
1899 20 0.000058956 20 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 19 5 58%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 21 0.000055089 16 5 52%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 100%
1905 26 0.000061332 26 100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 100%
1907 33 0.000070908 33 100%
1908 25 0.000051161 20 5 60%
1909 26 0.000050858 21 5 62%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 100%
1911 36 0.000055877 30 6 67%
1912 26 0.000026314 19 7 46%
1913 26 0.000022865 17 9 31%
1914 31 0.000021887 21 10 35%
1915 52 0.000028378 32 20 23%
1916 46 0.00002378 30 16 30%
1917 63 0.000031394 53 10 68%
1918 42 0.000019345 31 11 48%
1919 47 0.000022272 34 13 45%
1920 33 0.000014585 18 15 9%
1921 58 0.000024845 35 23 21%
1922 52 0.000022716 29 23 12%
1923 41 0.000017807 27 14 32%
1924 38 0.000015956 21 17 11%
1925 41 0.000017572 31 10 51%
1926 36 0.00001568 29 7 61%
1927 34 0.000014659 20 14 18%
1928 37 0.000016365 23 14 24%
1929 26 0.00001186 18 8 38%
1930 32 0.000014393 19 13 19%
1931 28 0.000013306 15 13 7%
1932 22 0.00001042 14 8 27%
1933 36 0.000018005 22 14 22%
1934 21 0.000010112 13 8 24%
1935 24 0.000011484 11 13 -8%
1936 19 0.000009145 11 8 16%
1937 24 0.000011264 11 13 -8%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 8 10 -11%
1940 17 0.000007383 9 8 6%
1941 11 0.000004515 6 5 9%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 100%
1943 22 0.000007794 12 10 9%
1944 25 0.000009293 12 13 -4%
1945 20 0.000007539 10 10 0%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 6 8 -14%
1948 13 0.000003765 8 5 23%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 23 0.000006565 11 12 -4%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 8 9 -6%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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