Otto

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form of Germanic names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century.

From Wikipedia

Otto first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 203 babies (rank #254 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Otto

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Otto yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,390
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
203
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199614#1,019
199712#1,149
199822#754
199911#1,255
200018#910
200125#723
200226#745
200328#757
200432#727
200541#646
200656#532
200761#524
200865#526
200973#490
2010100#399
201171#508
2012112#377
2013102#401
2014141#324
2015203#254
2016177#286