How Many People Are Named October?
people named October are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 257,368 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,342 babies named October in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
77 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name October, 92.8% were girls and 7.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named October fell from 100% in the 2000s to 82.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named October alive today is about 13 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
October first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2022, to 77 babies. In 2025, 49 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
October has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,606, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #3,757.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,757 |
| Best rank | #2,606 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,150 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named October alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named October were born in California than in any other state: about 70 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, October was given about 2.7 times as often in California.
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