How Many People Are Named Octavia?
people named Octavia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,941 people in the US has this name
Based on 24,117 babies named Octavia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,238 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of OCTAVIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Octavia, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Octavia alive today is about 24 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Octavia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 1,238 babies. In 2025, 982 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Octavia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #247, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #308.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #308 |
| Best rank | #247 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #289 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Octavia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Octavia were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,345 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Octavia was given 3.2 times as often in Louisiana, 2.5 times in South Carolina and 2.3 times in District of Columbia.
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