Will my child share the name Otilia with classmates?

Unlikely. With around 8 UK babies named Otilia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Otilia in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.

Is Otilia becoming more or less popular in the UK?

Otilia is declining: down 192 places since 2020, to #3,035 in 2025. It peaked at #1,383 in 2022.

Is Otilia a good choice for a distinctive name?

Otilia is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.

Is Otilia a popular baby name in the United States?

Otilia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice.

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Otilia is a distinctive choice, ranked #3035 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Otilia in their class.

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UK Rank 2025

#3035

About the Name Otilia

Otilia is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 948 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1383 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2014.

Otilia is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Otilia in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Otilia

Otilia Ruicu-Eșanu — Otilia Silvia Ruicu-Eșanu is a retired Romanian athlete who specialised in the 400 metres.
Otilia Choque — Otilia Choque Véliz is a Bolivian community organizer and politician who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Oruro from 2015 to 2020.
Otilia Bădescu — Otilia Bădescu, born 31 October 1970 in Bucharest, Romania, is a former Romanian table tennis player.

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Otilia

UK babies named Otilia (2025)

< 1

Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)

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In a school of 600

↓ 192 places

Rank change (last 5 years)

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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Otilia

Almost certainly the only Otilia in the class

UK Popularity (2014–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

No US data available for this name

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Famous People Named Otilia

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Otilia Ruicu-Eșanub. 1978

Otilia Silvia Ruicu-Eșanu is a retired Romanian athlete who specialised in the 400 metres.

Otilia Choqueb. 1964

Otilia Choque Véliz is a Bolivian community organizer and politician who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Oruro from 2015 to 2020.

Otilia Bădescub. 1970

Otilia Bădescu, born 31 October 1970 in Bucharest, Romania, is a former Romanian table tennis player.

Otilia Cazimir

Otilia Cazimir was a Romanian poet, prose writer, translator and publicist, nicknamed the "poetess of gentle souls", known as a children's poems author.