Otis dog name

We found 1,196 dogs named Otis in the public pet registers of 24 places. Combining all places, Otis is the #122 dog name. Almost all dogs named Otis are male.

🐱 Otis is also a cat name (#212 for cats, 838 cats).

Otis as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #125 of 51,228 529 13 2003–2026
New York City United States #107 of 34,500 430 13 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #112 of 10,500 68 14 2019
Seattle United States #70 of 8,191 47 18 2026
Playford Australia #486 of 4,586 5 3.0 2015
Cambridge United States #38 of 4,375 33 26 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #140 of 4,602 12 9.8 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #309 of 5,788 4 4.0 2025
Noosa Australia #369 of 3,045 4 4.2 2017
Worcester United States #126 of 2,906 9 12 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #69 of 2,440 13 20 2026
Basel Switzerland #847 of 3,446 1 1.6 2026
Victoria Canada #89 of 2,588 10 16 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #302 of 1,974 3 5.4 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #651 of 2,062 1 1.9 2016
Burnside Australia #364 of 1,888 2 3.9 2015
Framingham United States #237 of 1,965 3 6.9 2020
Richmond United States #27 of 2,347 12 28 2018
Tacoma United States #170 of 1,917 3 8.3 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Port Moody Canada #188 of 1,280 2 8.4 2019
Villavicencio Colombia #214 of 717 1 5.9 2026
Prospect Australia #231 of 518 1 9.5 2016
Burlington United States #122 of 641 1 11 2022

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Otis. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

98% male

16 female and 1,034 male dogs named Otis, in the places that record sex.

Otis over the years

Toronto
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County – rising
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025
New York City
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025

Dogs named Otis per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Otis

Compared to all dogs, Otis is especially common among English Bulldogs (4.7×), Basset Hounds (4.6×), Pugs (3.9×), German Shorthaired Pointers (3.7×) and Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers (3.1×).

Based on 974 dogs named Otis with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Otis

Otis Avery – fictional dog seen in the 2005 film Son of the Mask. (2005)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Otis as a baby name

Otis was the #652 boys' name in the US in 2025 (422 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #11 for boys in Belgium (Flanders), #22 for boys in Netherlands, #53 for boys in Wales and #71 for boys in England and Wales. See Otis as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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