Octavia

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Octavia is ranked 295th among girls in 2024 (1,066 births). Its best rank was 247th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #295down 16 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,0660.07% of girls
Peak year: 20211,238 births
Best rank: #247in 2022
Since 1880: 22,981people given the name

Babies named Octavia, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

22,981 girls have been named Octavia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,238 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 2020s alone account for 24%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Octavia
1880s	289
1890s	404
1900s	491
1910s	802
1920s	846
1930s	524
1940s	421
1950s	665
1960s	849
1970s	1,629
1980s	3,053
1990s	3,005
2000s	1,492
2010s	2,913
2020s	5,598

In 2021, its biggest year

Octavia was the 248th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Octavia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.