Ota

Girls' name

Form of Otto

Ota has been given to 215 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Ota, 1937

1 in 426,000

Ota over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ota: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Otto

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ota means

Ota is a form of Otto.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ota is used in Czech and Sorbian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈo.ta/ for Ota.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Ota is a form of Otto. Otto has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Ota is used in Czech.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Otto.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Ota is pronounced [ˈota].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 215 girls were recorded with the name Ota between 1881 and 1937. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1916; its best national rank was #728 in 1881.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ota?

Ota had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1937, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1937: 1 in 426,000; 5 of 2,130,660 births
Among girls only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1937: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 295,373 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ota sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1937 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 295,373 children born in 1937 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ota. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Otas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ota was born before 1905 — so the typical Ota is around 120 today.

Median birth year: 1905; About 120 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 25.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 41.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 25.6% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Ota rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (13)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #728; 1881

Ota by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #728; 1881
Peak year: 1916; 13 that year
First recorded: 1881
Last recorded: 1937
All-time count: 215
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ota

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ota

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Albina Elda

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer

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