Otto sits comfortably in the UK charts at #113 in 2024 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.
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UK Rank 2024
#113
US Rank #274
About the Name Otto
2024 marks Otto's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #113. The name has climbed 98 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Otto is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it sits at #274 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Otto
Unlikely. With around 469 UK babies named Otto per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Otto in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Otto is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 98 places over the last five years to #113 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Otto is more popular in the UK (#113) than in the US (#274). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Otto include: Kristin Otto — Kristin Otto is a former East German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times.; Otto Addo — Nana Otto Addo is a professional football manager and former professional football player..
Otto appears in the US top 500 at #274 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
469
UK babies named Otto (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.2
In a school of 600
↑ 98 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Otto
Likely around 1 other Otto in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Otto
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kristin Otto is a former East German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.
Nana Otto Addo is a professional football manager and former professional football player. Born in Germany, he played for the Ghana national football team.
Otto Heinrich Frank was a German businessman, and the father of Anne Frank. He edited and published the first edition of her diary in 1947 (subsequently known in English as The Diary of a Young Girl) and advised on its later theatrical and cinematic adaptations.
Otto Neururer was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and was the first priest to die in a Nazi concentration camp. Neururer did his studies for the priesthood in Brixen before he served as a teacher and pastor in several cities before settling in 1932 in Götzens near Innsbruck.
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.
Otto von Habsburg was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until its dissolution in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the (Austrian) Order of the Golden Fleece, upon the death of his father.
Otto (Greek: Όθων, romanized: Óthon; German: Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach; 1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867) was King of Greece from the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece on 7 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed in October 1862. The second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended the newly created throne of Greece at age 17.
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890. Bismarck's Realpolitik and firm governance earned him the nickname Iron Chancellor (Eiserner Kanzler).