October
October is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200872 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 1,291people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,204 girls have been named October in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 72 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2008, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 44%.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 87 boys have also been given it, 6.7% of the total.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
October was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with October
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harmonypeak 2015
- Harmoniepeak 2015
- Luciannapeak 2024
- Maitepeak 2011
- Laylapeak 2019
- Leylapeak 2022
- Leelapeak 2016
- Ellerypeak 2014
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.