Octavius

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #2,056 for boys in 2025, 72 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1987 · 106 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,687
since 1911

Octavius over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Octavius has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #914, 1987boys
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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#2,05672
2024#1,99777
2023#1,81788
2022#1,87584
2021#1,70096
2020#1,77885
2019#2,11068
2018#1,99473
2017#2,29557
2016#2,47751
2015#2,30057
2014#2,75443
2013#2,42451
2012#3,00238
2011#2,90440
2010#2,26257
2009#2,28757
2008#2,02869
2007#2,37254
2006#2,65944
2005#2,46746
2004#2,95334
2003#2,34945
2002#2,12550
2001#2,02752
2000#1,66669
1999#1,65564
1998#1,71959
1997#1,55066
1996#1,53365
1995#1,24487
1994#1,26885
1993#1,108102
1992#1,39566
1991#945126
1990#12,9585#1,09695
1989#1,15484
1988#1,01393
1987#914106
1986#1,12770
1985#1,26857
1984#10,4225#1,34949
1983#1,20557
1982#1,36248
1981#10,4115#1,12566
1980#1,25854
1979#1,10865
1978#1,04070
1977#1,26849
1976#1,06761
1975#1,23847
1974#1,17150
1973#1,26842
1972#1,23045
1971#1,52632
1970#1,58229
1969#2,54912
1968#2,44512
1967#2,9858
1966#2,32712
1965
1964#2,66510
1963#3,0448
1962#3,3057
1961
1960#2,8719
1959#3,9885
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1953#3,4256
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1948#3,3166
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1934#3,6795
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1928#3,3577
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1926#3,7086
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1923#3,8226
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1920#4,2865
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1917#3,9815
1916#3,5166
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1911#1,5376
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Octavius! It came in at #1,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Octavius
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 59 spots since 2024 (#1,997#2,056)
  • 278 spots since 2020 (#1,778#2,056)
  • 244 spots since 2015 (#2,300#2,056)
  • Biggest jump: 213 spots in 1987 (#1,127#914)
  • Biggest drop: 450 spots in 1992 (#945#1,395)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1987 at #914 (106 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1987–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,034
  • Highest: 1 in 16,034 boys born in 1991 were named Octavius (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #914 in 1987, was only 1 in 17,613 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Octavius (815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#1,537 (1911)#3,011
1920s24#3,357 (1928)#3,793
1930s5#3,679 (1934)#3,679
1940s6#3,316 (1948)#3,316
1950s11#3,425 (1953)#3,707
1960s78#2,327 (1966)#2,774
1970s490#1,040 (1978)#1,250
1980s684#914 (1987)#1,178
1990s815#945 (1991)#1,351
2000s520#1,666 (2000)#2,293
2010s535#1,994 (2018)#2,452
2020s502#1,700 (2021)#1,871

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

Octavius in 1990

girls
#12,958
5 births · 1 in 379,709 girls
boys
#1,096
95 births · 1 in 21,621 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #12,958Octavius5

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,096Octavius95
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 379,709 of them was named Octavius, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Octavius
  1. #11,409Zsazsa6
  2. #11,409Zurisadai6
  3. #11,409Zyanya6
  4. #12,958Octavius5
  5. #12,958Aarica5
  6. #12,958Aasha5
  7. #12,958Abagale5

Tied with 2,276 names at #12,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 21,621 of them was named Octavius, which outranked 88.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Octavius
  1. #1,086London96
  2. #1,086Menachem96
  3. #1,086Tariq96
  4. #1,096Octavius95
  5. #1,096Asher95
  6. #1,096Fredy95
  7. #1,096Hank95
  8. #1,102Danial94
  9. #1,102Devonte94
  10. #1,102Donavon94

Tied with 5 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990