Otilia is a distinctive choice, ranked #1895 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Otilia in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1895
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Otilia
Unlikely. With around 15 UK babies named Otilia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Otilia in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Otilia is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 948 places over the last five years to #1895 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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.
Notable people named Otilia include: 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..
Otilia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Otilias in the wild.
15
UK babies named Otilia (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 948 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Otilia
Likely around 1 other Otilia in the class
UK Popularity (2014–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Otilia
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Otilia Silvia Ruicu-Eșanu is a retired Romanian athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the second round.
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. Born in Oruro, Choque spent her early career working in accounting and administration at various public and private entities.
Otilia Cazimir was a Romanian poet, prose writer, translator and publicist, nicknamed the "poetess of gentle souls", known as a children's poems author.