Otto

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Otto: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Otto: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #90, and it stood at #115 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
117times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#90highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1113
1998	#738
1999	#1199
2000	#881
2001	#707
2002	#722
2003	#746
2004	#717
2005	#638
2006	#528
2007	#519
2008	#523
2009	#485
2010	#397
2011	#507
2012	#375
2013	#399
2014	#321
2015	#254
2016	#286
2017	#264
2018	#236
2019	#237
2020	#211
2021	#162
2022	#158
2023	#119
2024	#113

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 78 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #115 among boys in Norway, #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #91 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #90 among boys in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #115 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Otto appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 78 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 1,686 births with the name.

Otto across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Otto's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#91 (1945)	#90 (1947)	#115 (2025)	78 of 81	1,686 (1945–2025)	74 (1947)
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#113 (2024)	#113 (2024)	29 of 29	3,839 (1996–2024)	469 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#550 (2014)	#390 (2021)	#402 (2025)	7 of 12	50 (2014–2025)	9 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#334 (2020)	#334 (2020)	#339 (2024)	2 of 5	8 (2020–2024)	4 (2020)

Otto by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Otto in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	285	5 of 10	57
1950s	477	10 of 10	48
1960s	244	10 of 10	24
1970s	103	10 of 10	10
1980s	47	8 of 10	6
1990s	51	9 of 10	6
2000s	91	10 of 10	9
2010s	173	10 of 10	17
2020s	215	6 of 10	36

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 57 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1946 and 1947, when recorded births rose by 25, from 49 to 74.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Otto appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Norway in 1947.

Otto's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#113	469	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#119	445	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#158	334	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#162	326	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#211	241	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#237	212	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#236	219	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#264	203	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#286	177	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#254	203	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#321	141	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#399	102	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#375	112	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#507	71	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#397	100	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#485	73	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#523	65	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#519	61	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#528	56	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#638	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#717	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#746	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#115	52	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#127	43	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#135	43	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#158	33	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#213	21	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#194	23	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#192	27	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#209	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#230	23	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#248	21	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#239	21	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#318	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#333	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#321	12	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#374	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#361	9	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#494	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#349	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#456	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#363	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#531	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#603	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#590	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#641	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#551	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#471	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#515	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#514	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#472	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#531	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#482	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#332	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#417	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#387	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#248	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#271	15	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#243	19	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#252	17	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#211	23	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#195	24	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#189	24	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#157	32	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#171	29	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#137	42	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#157	30	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#125	49	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#121	46	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#123	48	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#112	55	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#136	36	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#128	40	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#103	60	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#101	64	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#115	49	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#110	48	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#111	50	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#90	74	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#119	49	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#91	64	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 78 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #90, first reached in 1947.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 469 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ottilia · #2178, 14y
Ottilie · #69, 30y
Otylia · #2643, 16y
Oumar · #2707, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahmed · #89, 80y
Mohamed · #88, 81y
Edith · #83, 78y
Walter · #97, 80y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ahmed · #89, 80y
Gudrun · #91, 59y
Oddbjørg · #89, 33y
Truls · #91, 81y

Otto was ranked #90 in Norway · Boys in 1947. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Otto and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Otto without appearing here.

Otto moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #707 and #1595.
Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #746 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #717 and #1347.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1113 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #738 and #1367.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #722 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #746 and #1132.

Moved ahead of Otto

Ollie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #738 and #924 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1199 and #655.
Oskar Compare
In 1983 they stood at #551 and #602 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #641 and #369.
Isak Compare
In 1982 they stood at #471 and #619 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #551 and #305.
Mathias Compare
In 1975 they stood at #332 and #402 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #493 and #259.

Moved the opposite way to Otto

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Otto went from #976 to #113 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Otto went from #976 to #113 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Otto went from #976 to #113 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Otto went from #976 to #113 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Otto

Richard Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Otto went from #91 to #135 and Richard from #219 to #481.
Svein Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Otto went from #91 to #135 and Svein from #5 to #267.
Trond Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Otto went from #91 to #135 and Trond from #47 to #446.
Kjetil Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Boys, Otto went from #91 to #158 and Kjetil from #200 to #420.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Norway in 1947. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Otto

Otto at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Otto across 4 official records

Otto by decade in Norway · Boys

Otto appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Otto

Otto and the names beside it

Otto moved ahead of

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Otto at a glance

Otto across 4 official records

Otto by decade in Norway · Boys

Otto appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Otto

Otto and the names beside it

Otto moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Otto

Moved the opposite way to Otto

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