Octa

Last seen for girls in 1941 at #3,954

Peak · girls
1885 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
160
since 1885

Octa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Octa has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #793, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1941#3,9546
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1926#4,8515
1925#4,4266
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1922#3,6558
1921#5,0995
1920#3,09710
1919#2,81311
1918#3,8697
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1916#3,9196
1915#2,14314
1914#3,1886
1913#2,8276
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1908#2,1015
1907#1,8216
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1904#1,4867
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1901#1,06710
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1898#1,3797
1897#1,5555
1896#1,04710
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1889#1,1476
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1886#9936
1885#7938
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Octa! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Octa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1941
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1886 (#793#993)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1885 at #793 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1885–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,632
  • Highest: 1 in 16,632 girls born in 1885 were named Octa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 201,353 girls born in 1941 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Octa (50) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#793 (1885)#978
1890s22#1,047 (1896)#1,327
1900s28#1,067 (1901)#1,619
1910s50#2,143 (1915)#3,127
1920s34#3,097 (1920)#4,226
1930s0
1940s6#3,954 (1941)#3,954

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Octa in 1885

girls
#793
8 births · 1 in 16,632 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #793Octa8
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 16,632 of them was named Octa, which outranked 33.8% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Octa
  1. #745Thomas9
  2. #745Thora9
  3. #745Vinie9
  4. #793Octa8
  5. #793Aletha8
  6. #793Alicia8
  7. #793Calla8
  8. #842Adelina7
  9. #842Albertina7
  10. #842Almedia7

Tied with 48 names at #793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885