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
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 1,238 births
- Debut · girls
- 27 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,978since 1880
Octavia over time
Rank among girls' names. Octavia has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #308 | 982 | — | |
| 2024 | #294 | 1,074 | — | |
| 2023 | #279 | 1,129 | — | |
| 2022 | #247 | 1,238 | — | |
| 2021 | #248 | 1,238 | — | |
| 2020 | #333 | 930 | — | |
| 2019 | #370 | 852 | — | |
| 2018 | #426 | 737 | — | |
| 2017 | #595 | 505 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,018 | 260 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,354 | 175 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,517 | 71 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,458 | 73 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,511 | 72 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,152 | 91 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,914 | 109 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,834 | 117 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,117 | 95 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,627 | 130 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,343 | 162 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,453 | 140 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,267 | 165 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,084 | 196 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,141 | 183 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,064 | 195 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,000 | 205 | — | |
| 1998 | #876 | 241 | — | |
| 1997 | #831 | 249 | — | |
| 1996 | #838 | 238 | — | |
| 1995 | #757 | 269 | — | |
| 1994 | #693 | 302 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #619 | 366 | — | |
| 1992 | #595 | 383 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #590 | 387 | — | |
| 1990 | #617 | 365 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #574 | 381 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #528 | 418 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #484 | 446 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #583 | 331 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #618 | 306 | — | |
| 1984 | #655 | 266 | — | |
| 1983 | #689 | 246 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #698 | 251 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #752 | 220 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #832 | 188 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #860 | 181 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #757 | 203 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #814 | 184 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #800 | 174 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #741 | 194 | — | |
| 1974 | #867 | 150 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #790 | 167 | — | |
| 1972 | #949 | 128 | — | |
| 1971 | #957 | 133 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,060 | 115 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,100 | 101 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,291 | 73 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,002 | 104 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,177 | 83 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,056 | 103 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,258 | 77 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,232 | 80 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,228 | 72 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,224 | 66 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,129 | 70 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,367 | 35 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 | — | |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | — | |
| 1937 | #964 | 52 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,073 | 42 | — | |
| 1934 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1933 | #895 | 57 | — | |
| 1932 | #775 | 76 | — | |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 | — | |
| 1930 | #983 | 56 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,003 | 52 | — | |
| 1928 | #947 | 62 | — | |
| 1927 | #850 | 75 | — | |
| 1926 | #744 | 93 | — | |
| 1925 | #867 | 74 | — | |
| 1924 | #774 | 93 | — | |
| 1923 | #793 | 84 | — | |
| 1922 | #754 | 94 | — | |
| 1921 | #714 | 105 | — | |
| 1920 | #680 | 114 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #717 | 95 | — | |
| 1918 | #721 | 100 | — | |
| 1917 | #690 | 99 | — | |
| 1916 | #641 | 111 | — | |
| 1915 | #824 | 63 | — | |
| 1914 | #647 | 80 | — | |
| 1913 | #618 | 70 | — | |
| 1912 | #567 | 72 | — | |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 | — | |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | — | |
| 1909 | #509 | 54 | — | |
| 1908 | #574 | 42 | — | |
| 1907 | #434 | 67 | — | |
| 1906 | #506 | 47 | — | |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | — | |
| 1904 | #430 | 56 | — | |
| 1903 | #504 | 40 | — | |
| 1902 | #502 | 40 | — | |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 | — | |
| 1900 | #457 | 54 | — | |
| 1899 | #455 | 41 | — | |
| 1898 | #422 | 53 | — | |
| 1897 | #425 | 47 | — | |
| 1896 | #409 | 49 | — | |
| 1895 | #471 | 38 | — | |
| 1894 | #487 | 34 | — | |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 | — | |
| 1892 | #471 | 33 | — | |
| 1891 | #413 | 36 | — | |
| 1890 | #462 | 32 | — | |
| 1889 | #421 | 33 | — | |
| 1888 | #337 | 51 | — | |
| 1887 | #403 | 29 | — | |
| 1886 | #395 | 30 | — | |
| 1885 | #428 | 24 | — | |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | — | |
| 1881 | #384 | 19 | — | |
| 1880 | #305 | 27 | — | |
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.
See more about Octavia
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #247 (1,238 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1928
- 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%)
- 27.5% of all girls named Octavia (6,591) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 289 | #305 (1880) | #378 |
| 1890s | 404 | #409 (1896) | #444 |
| 1900s | 491 | #430 (1904) | #487 |
| 1910s | 802 | #503 (1910) | #655 |
| 1920s | 846 | #680 (1920) | #813 |
| 1930s | 524 | #775 (1932) | #978 |
| 1940s | 421 | #1,151 (1941) | #1,293 |
| 1950s | 665 | #1,124 (1957) | #1,230 |
| 1960s | 849 | #1,002 (1967) | #1,189 |
| 1970s | 1,629 | #741 (1975) | #860 |
| 1980s | 3,053 | #484 (1987) | #641 |
| 1990s | 3,005 | #590 (1991) | #742 |
| 2000s | 1,492 | #1,064 (2000) | #1,484 |
| 2010s | 2,917 | #370 (2019) | #1,572 |
| 2020s | 6,591 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,260 of them was named Octavia, which outranked 96.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 239,285 of them was named Octavia, which outranked 38.8% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,786Zerrick9
- #4,786Zeshan9
- #4,786Ziad9
- #5,200Octavia8
- #5,200Abayomi8
- #5,200Abby8
- #5,200Abhishek8
- #5,751Aakash7
- #5,751Abdias7
- #5,751Abelino7
Tied with 550 names at #5,200; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.