Girls' name · peaked in 2022
Octavia name popularity since 1925
21,634 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Octavia (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2000 or earlier, so the typical Octavia is about 26 years old in 2026. Octavia peaked in 2022 as the #247 name for girls, and it ranked #308 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,634
- Named Octavia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #308
- for girls in 2025 (982 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 21,502 girls · 132 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 2.35× its national share
Peak year is the year Octavia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Octavia births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2021. Measured as a share of all babies, Octavia peaked in 2022.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, Octavia's share of baby girls fell by 34%, from 1 in 4,840 to 1 in 7,370.
- Fastest rise: Between 2015 and 2020, it became 5.9× more common, from 1 in 10,200 baby girls to 1 in 1,740.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Octavia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Octavia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Octavia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 356 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 524 | 0 | #1,083 |
| 1940s | 421 | 0 | #1,205 |
| 1950s | 665 | 0 | #1,316 |
| 1960s | 849 | 0 | #1,183 |
| 1970s | 1,629 | 43 | #744 |
| 1980s | 3,053 | 66 | #619 |
| 1990s | 3,005 | 23 | #757 |
| 2000s | 1,492 | 0 | #1,348 |
| 2010s | 2,917 | 0 | #1,361 |
| 2020–25 | 6,591 | 0 | #308 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.8% of babies named Octavia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Octavia is most popular
The index compares Octavia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Octavia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.35× | 595 |
| Louisiana | 1.94× | 631 |
| Florida | 1.56× | 1,022 |
| Alabama | 1.51× | 482 |
| Georgia | 1.51× | 757 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Octavia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Octavia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Octavia (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data