Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from the medieval given name Ode, a cognate of Otto, Otis was also used in America in honor of the Revolutionary James Otis (1725–1783).
20062006: 107 births, rank #1,447
2007: 112 births, rank #1,442
2008: 120 births, rank #1,408
2009: 131 births, rank #1,324
2010: 122 births, rank #1,376
20112011: 144 births, rank #1,212
2012: 183 births, rank #1,046
2013: 177 births, rank #1,063
2014: 203 births, rank #1,008
2015: 266 births, rank #844
20162016: 324 births, rank #750
2017: 319 births, rank #744
2018: 325 births, rank #736
2019: 351 births, rank #706
2020: 413 births, rank #648
20212021: 427 births, rank #646
2022: 456 births, rank #613
2023: 420 births, rank #651
2024: 359 births, rank #732
20252025: 422 births, rank #652
Otis rose from #733 to #652 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 1,031 births.