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Otto

Boy's name · #277 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Otto was #63 in 1880, slipped to #1852 by 1997, and has climbed back to #277 today. About 40,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Otto ran 3–5× its national rate in North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota—ranked #59 in North Dakota in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Otto is especially popular in Sweden and Denmark.

#10 in Sweden (2025) · #10 in Denmark (2025) · #19 in Estonia (2025) · #115 in Norway (2025) · #117 in England & Wales (2025) · #128 in Austria (2025) · #143 in Belgium (2025) · #164 in New Zealand (2025) · #208 in Scotland (2025) · #227 in Netherlands (2025) · #356 in Canada (2025) · #395 in N. Ireland (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Ottos

• Otto von Bismarck — Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890 (1815–1898)
• Otto Hahn — German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
• Otto I the Great — Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973 (912–973)
• Otto Stern — German–American physicist (1888–1969)
• Otto Wallach — German chemist (1847–1931)
• Otto von Habsburg — Heir to the Austrian throne (1912–2011)
• Otto Heinrich Frank — Father of Anne Frank (1889–1980)
• Otto of Greece — King of Greece from 1832 to 1862 (1815–1867)
• Otto Preminger — Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)

In stories & tradition

• Otto (Doctor Octopus) — Spider-Man (video game)
• Otto Mann — The Simpsons (TV series)
• Max Otto von Stierlitz — Fictional spy in Yulian Semyonov's 'Seventeen Moments of Spring'

What Ottos become

Among 9,918 notable people named Otto:

Military figures appear 2.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Otto Liman von Sanders, German general (1855–1929).

Similar names: Otis · Archie · Vito · Hugo · Ollie · Rocco

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