Octavia

#308 for girls in 2025, 982 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 1,238 births
Debut · girls
27 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,978
since 1880

Octavia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Octavia has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906girlsat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#308982—
2024#2941,074—
2023#2791,129—
2022#2471,238—
2021#2481,238—
2020#333930—
2019#370852—
2018#426737—
2017#595505—
2016#1,018260—
2015#1,354175—
2014#2,51771—
2013#2,45873—
2012#2,31581—
2011#2,51172—
2010#2,15291—
2009#1,914109—
2008#1,834117—
2007#2,11795—
2006#1,627130—
2005#1,343162—
2004#1,453140—
2003#1,267165—
2002#1,084196—
2001#1,141183—
2000#1,064195—
1999#1,000205—
1998#876241—
1997#831249—
1996#838238—
1995#757269—
1994#693302#7,7706
1993#619366—
1992#595383#7,4226
1991#590387—
1990#617365#4,67311
1989#574381#3,44616
1988#528418#5,2008
1987#484446#6,9515
1986#583331#5,9266
1985#618306—
1984#655266—
1983#689246#3,88410
1982#698251#5,6196
1981#752220#5,4686
1980#832188#4,1349
1979#860181#3,35712
1978#757203#4,5547
1977#814184#4,5827
1976#800174#5,5875
1975#741194—
1974#867150#4,1907
1973#790167—
1972#949128—
1971#957133#4,9075
1970#1,060115—
1969#1,100101—
1968#1,29173—
1967#1,002104—
1966#1,10291—
1965#1,17783—
1964#1,26576—
1963#1,056103—
1962#1,25877—
1961#1,23280—
1960#1,40561—
1959#1,28170—
1958#1,24073—
1957#1,12487—
1956#1,22872—
1955#1,30959—
1954#1,22466—
1953#1,21363—
1952#1,12970—
1951#1,25455—
1950#1,29450—
1949#1,22055—
1948#1,18558—
1947#1,54537—
1946#1,43937—
1945#1,18744—
1944#1,29338—
1943#1,27541—
1942#1,36735—
1941#1,15142—
1940#1,27234—
1939#1,16039—
1938#99251—
1937#96452—
1936#1,06243—
1935#1,07342—
1934#99348—
1933#89557—
1932#77576—
1931#88760—
1930#98356—
1929#1,00352—
1928#94762—
1927#85075—
1926#74493—
1925#86774—
1924#77493—
1923#79384—
1922#75494—
1921#714105—
1920#680114#3,4897
1919#71795—
1918#721100—
1917#69099—
1916#641111—
1915#82463—
1914#64780—
1913#61870—
1912#56772—
1911#62447—
1910#50365—
1909#50954—
1908#57442—
1907#43467—
1906#50647—
1905#46453—
1904#43056—
1903#50440—
1902#50240—
1901#48738—
1900#45754—
1899#45541—
1898#42253—
1897#42547—
1896#40949—
1895#47138—
1894#48734—
1893#42241—
1892#47133—
1891#41336—
1890#46232—
1889#42133—
1888#33751—
1887#40329—
1886#39530—
1885#42824—
1884#36829—
1883#35426—
1882#38921—
1881#38419—
1880#30527—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Octavia was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 27 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 28 girls a year got the name.

Where Octavia is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Octavia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#294 → #308)
  • 25 spots since 2020 (#333 → #308)
  • 1,046 spots since 2015 (#1,354 → #308)
  • Biggest jump: 423 spots in 2017 (#1,018 → #595)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1915 (#647 → #824)
Rise & fade · girls
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #247 (1,238 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,325
  • Highest: 1 in 1,325 girls born in 2022 were named Octavia (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,637 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Octavia (6,591) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s289#305 (1880)#378
1890s404#409 (1896)#444
1900s491#430 (1904)#487
1910s802#503 (1910)#655
1920s846#680 (1920)#813
1930s524#775 (1932)#978
1940s421#1,151 (1941)#1,293
1950s665#1,124 (1957)#1,230
1960s849#1,002 (1967)#1,189
1970s1,629#741 (1975)#860
1980s3,053#484 (1987)#641
1990s3,005#590 (1991)#742
2000s1,492#1,064 (2000)#1,484
2010s2,917#370 (2019)#1,572
2020s6,591#247 (2022)#285

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.

Octavia in 1906

girls
#506
47 births · 1 in 6,283 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #506Octavia47
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 6,283 of them was named Octavia, which outranked 77.2% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Octavia
  1. #499Ocie48
  2. #499Vina48
  3. #499Wilda48
  4. #506Octavia47
  5. #506Corrine47
  6. #506Margret47
  7. #509Albertha46
  8. #509Ima46
  9. #509Marcia46

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →