Meaning not yet researched.
Octavia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 982 in 2025. Its best rank was #247 in 2022.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #247 in 2022; #308 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Octavia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#308 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2022, at #247.
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Octavia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 982 girls in 2025. Peak: #247 in 2022 · most girls in one year: 1,238 (2022).
In 2025, 982 US girls were named Octavia, making it the 308th most common girls’ name of the year, down 14 places from #294 in 2024. That is 92 fewer than the 1,074 girls named Octavia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #247, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,238. For comparison, it was #1,361 in 2015 and #1,298 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Octavia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 27 babies with the name. In all, 24,117 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 6,591 babies named Octavia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,945 US girls were named Octavia; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 1,238. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,637 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Octavia ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #41 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 3 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Octavio (11,454 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Octavie, Octayvia and Octivia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Tave and Tavia.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Octavie (176), Octayvia (89), Octivia (68), Ottavia (44), Octaviah (42), Oktavia (27), Octavya (13).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 26 | #41 | — |
| Wyoming | 6 | #76 | — |
| Vermont | 5 | #99 | — |
| South Dakota | 9 | #130 | — |
| Iowa | 24 | #135 | — |
| Idaho | 15 | #137 | — |
| Kentucky | 32 | #140 | — |
| Indiana | 48 | #142 | — |
| Ohio | 71 | #151 | #1,045 |
| Arkansas | 19 | #160 | — |
| Missouri | 38 | #164 | #820 |
| Maine | 7 | #167 | — |
| Oklahoma | 21 | #195 | — |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #197 | — |
| Washington | 37 | #199 | #914 |
| Kansas | 16 | #209 | — |
| Oregon | 17 | #217 | — |
| Nebraska | 11 | #220 | — |
| Tennessee | 36 | #224 | #1,205 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #240 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 48 | #240 | #1,361 |
| Colorado | 27 | #242 | — |
| New Mexico | 7 | #242 | — |
| Michigan | 38 | #243 | #885 |
| Utah | 17 | #272 | — |
| Wisconsin | 19 | #292 | — |
| Minnesota | 19 | #300 | #850 |
| Illinois | 28 | #376 | #1,850 |
| Arizona | 17 | #410 | — |
| Alabama | 12 | #425 | — |
| New York | 40 | #439 | #997 |
| Florida | 43 | #439 | #1,330 |
| Virginia | 17 | #482 | — |
| North Carolina | 21 | #532 | — |
| South Carolina | 9 | #552 | — |
| Texas | 57 | #558 | #2,161 |
| Maryland | 9 | #589 | — |
| California | 54 | #600 | #1,796 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #664 | — |
| Georgia | 10 | #968 | #1,035 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #1,008 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 982 | #308 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,074 | #294 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,129 | #279 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,238 | #247 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,238 | #248 | — | — |
| 2020 | 930 | #334 | — | — |
| 2019 | 852 | #371 | — | — |
| 2018 | 737 | #427 | — | — |
| 2017 | 505 | #595 | — | — |
| 2016 | 260 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 2015 | 175 | #1,361 | — | — |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,531 | — | — |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,481 | — | — |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,332 | — | — |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,530 | — | — |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,162 | — | — |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,928 | — | — |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,842 | — | — |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,127 | — | — |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,638 | — | — |
| 2005 | 162 | #1,348 | — | — |
| 2004 | 140 | #1,457 | — | — |
| 2003 | 165 | #1,269 | — | — |
| 2002 | 196 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 2001 | 183 | #1,144 | — | — |
| 2000 | 195 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1999 | 205 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 1998 | 241 | #877 | — | — |
| 1997 | 249 | #833 | — | — |
| 1996 | 238 | #839 | — | — |
| 1995 | 269 | #757 | — | — |
| 1994 | 302 | #695 | 6 | #8,509 |
| 1993 | 366 | #619 | — | — |
| 1992 | 383 | #596 | 6 | #8,164 |
| 1991 | 387 | #590 | — | — |
| 1990 | 365 | #618 | 11 | #4,902 |
| 1989 | 381 | #575 | 16 | #3,568 |
| 1988 | 418 | #528 | 8 | #5,579 |
| 1987 | 446 | #485 | 5 | #7,800 |
| 1986 | 331 | #584 | 6 | #6,497 |
| 1985 | 306 | #619 | — | — |
| 1984 | 266 | #658 | — | — |
| 1983 | 246 | #691 | 10 | #4,063 |
| 1982 | 251 | #700 | 6 | #6,178 |
| 1981 | 220 | #754 | 6 | #6,027 |
| 1980 | 188 | #833 | 9 | #4,398 |
| 1979 | 181 | #860 | 12 | #3,504 |
| 1978 | 203 | #761 | 7 | #4,898 |
| 1977 | 184 | #817 | 7 | #4,963 |
| 1976 | 174 | #801 | 5 | #6,220 |
| 1975 | 194 | #744 | — | — |
| 1974 | 150 | #870 | 7 | #4,490 |
| 1973 | 167 | #793 | — | — |
| 1972 | 128 | #953 | — | — |
| 1971 | 133 | #963 | 5 | #5,441 |
| 1970 | 115 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1969 | 101 | #1,102 | — | — |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,297 | — | — |
| 1967 | 104 | #1,006 | — | — |
| 1966 | 91 | #1,109 | — | — |
| 1965 | 83 | #1,183 | — | — |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,276 | — | — |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1962 | 77 | #1,263 | — | — |
| 1961 | 80 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,414 | — | — |
| 1959 | 70 | #1,287 | — | — |
| 1958 | 73 | #1,247 | — | — |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,132 | — | — |
| 1956 | 72 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 1955 | 59 | #1,316 | — | — |
| 1954 | 66 | #1,227 | — | — |
| 1953 | 63 | #1,223 | — | — |
| 1952 | 70 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1951 | 55 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 1950 | 50 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 1949 | 55 | #1,230 | — | — |
| 1948 | 58 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,570 | — | — |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,460 | — | — |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,205 | — | — |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,304 | — | — |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,289 | — | — |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,288 | — | — |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,174 | — | — |
| 1938 | 51 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1937 | 52 | #978 | — | — |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,083 | — | — |
| 1934 | 48 | #1,002 | — | — |
| 1933 | 57 | #901 | — | — |
| 1932 | 76 | #780 | — | — |
| 1931 | 60 | #894 | — | — |
| 1930 | 56 | #989 | — | — |
| 1929 | 52 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 1928 | 62 | #951 | — | — |
| 1927 | 75 | #853 | — | — |
| 1926 | 93 | #745 | — | — |
| 1925 | 74 | #869 | — | — |
| 1924 | 93 | #775 | — | — |
| 1923 | 84 | #795 | — | — |
| 1922 | 94 | #759 | — | — |
| 1921 | 105 | #716 | — | — |
| 1920 | 114 | #682 | 7 | #3,724 |
| 1919 | 95 | #720 | — | — |
| 1918 | 100 | #722 | — | — |
| 1917 | 99 | #694 | — | — |
| 1916 | 111 | #645 | — | — |
| 1915 | 63 | #825 | — | — |
| 1914 | 80 | #648 | — | — |
| 1913 | 70 | #623 | — | — |
| 1912 | 72 | #570 | — | — |
| 1911 | 47 | #633 | — | — |
| 1910 | 65 | #509 | — | — |
| 1909 | 54 | #515 | — | — |
| 1908 | 42 | #581 | — | — |
| 1907 | 67 | #437 | — | — |
| 1906 | 47 | #508 | — | — |
| 1905 | 53 | #471 | — | — |
| 1904 | 56 | #434 | — | — |
| 1903 | 40 | #512 | — | — |
| 1902 | 40 | #507 | — | — |
| 1901 | 38 | #495 | — | — |
| 1900 | 54 | #462 | — | — |
| 1899 | 41 | #460 | — | — |
| 1898 | 53 | #426 | — | — |
| 1897 | 47 | #429 | — | — |
| 1896 | 49 | #416 | — | — |
| 1895 | 38 | #476 | — | — |
| 1894 | 34 | #490 | — | — |
| 1893 | 41 | #427 | — | — |
| 1892 | 33 | #477 | — | — |
| 1891 | 36 | #420 | — | — |
| 1890 | 32 | #465 | — | — |
| 1889 | 33 | #426 | — | — |
| 1888 | 51 | #339 | — | — |
| 1887 | 29 | #409 | — | — |
| 1886 | 30 | #399 | — | — |
| 1885 | 24 | #437 | — | — |
| 1884 | 29 | #375 | — | — |
| 1883 | 26 | #364 | — | — |
| 1882 | 21 | #401 | — | — |
| 1881 | 19 | #388 | — | — |
| 1880 | 27 | #306 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).