How rare is the name Octavia?

12,132 people in the United States have the first name Octavia, about 1 in 24,895. It ranks #2,180 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OCTAVIA

#2,180

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,132
About
1 in 24,895
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,132 people named Octavia, 61.3% reported their origin as Black, 21.8% as White and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Octavia peaked in 2021, when 1,238 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
1,238
In 2025*
982 ▼21%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 24,117 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Octavia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #606. The largest share of babies named Octavia, 38.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#690289
1890s#706404
1900s#761491
1910s#1,225802
1920s#1,438853
1930s#1,788524
1940s#2,256421
1950s#2,069665
1960s#1,976849
1970s#1,4521,672
1980s#1,1123,119
1990s#1,3113,028
2000s#2,5131,492
2010s#1,7062,917
2020s#6066,591
Before 19013.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.2%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–645.2%
Generation X 1965–809.6%
Millennials 1981–9621.8%
Generation Z 1997–1210.1%
2013 and later38.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Octavia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Octavia has been most common in Louisiana (2.8×), South Carolina (2.2×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.26×).

18,630 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Octavia

#2,178 Kourtney · 12,146#2,179 Remi · 12,143#2,181 Denny · 12,121#2,181 Dona · 12,121

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Octavia, most common first.

#1,613 Octavio · 19,763#7,140 Octavius · 2,161#10,042 Octavian · 1,348#10,294 Octaviano · 1,303#33,205 Octavis · 250#33,297 Octave · 249#41,689 Octaviana · 175#42,763 Octavion · 167

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