Is Ottie a boy or girl name?

Ottie is a unisex name. Of the 1,884 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 67.7% were girls and 32.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1944, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Ottie

Recorded 1880–2024 · United States

Ottie was most popular in 1917, when 63 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,626 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,884 people named Ottie.

Ottie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ottie’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ottie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ottie is a unisex name — 67.7% of the 1,884 Americans given it were girls and 32.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1944 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org