Is Octavia a boy or girl name?
Octavia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 1,066 girls and 0 boys were named Octavia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.4% of the 23,120 US babies named Octavia were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #295
- Babies named Octavia since 1880
- 23,120
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 1,238 babies
Boys and girls named Octavia, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 289 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 404 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 491 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 802 | 100% |
| 1920s | 7 | 846 | 99.2% |
| 1930s | 0 | 524 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 421 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 665 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 849 | 100% |
| 1970s | 43 | 1,629 | 97.4% |
| 1980s | 66 | 3,053 | 97.9% |
| 1990s | 23 | 3,005 | 99.2% |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,492 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,913 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 5,598 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 1,066 | #295 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 1,129 | #279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 1,237 | #247 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 1,238 | #248 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 928 | #334 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 850 | #371 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 737 | #427 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 505 | #595 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 260 | #1,019 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 174 | #1,365 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 71 | #2,531 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 73 | #2,480 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 81 | #2,331 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 72 | #2,530 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 90 | #2,182 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 109 | #1,928 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 117 | #1,842 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 95 | #2,127 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 130 | #1,637 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 162 | #1,348 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 140 | #1,457 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 165 | #1,269 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 196 | #1,088 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 183 | #1,143 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 195 | #1,064 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 205 | #1,003 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 241 | #877 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 249 | #833 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 238 | #839 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 269 | #757 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,508 | 302 | #695 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 366 | #619 |
| 1992 | 6 | #8,164 | 383 | #596 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 387 | #590 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,902 | 365 | #618 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,568 | 381 | #574 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,579 | 418 | #528 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,801 | 446 | #485 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,498 | 331 | #584 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 306 | #619 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 266 | #658 |
| 1983 | 10 | #4,062 | 246 | #691 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,180 | 251 | #700 |
| 1981 | 6 | #6,027 | 220 | #754 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,399 | 188 | #833 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,503 | 181 | #860 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,898 | 203 | #762 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,963 | 184 | #816 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,220 | 174 | #801 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 194 | #744 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,491 | 150 | #870 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 167 | #793 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 128 | #954 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,442 | 133 | #963 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 115 | #1,066 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,102 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 73 | #1,296 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 104 | #1,006 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,109 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,183 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,276 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,064 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,263 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,240 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 61 | #1,414 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,286 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 73 | #1,248 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,132 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,232 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,316 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,228 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 63 | #1,223 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,264 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,298 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,230 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,191 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,460 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,206 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,305 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,289 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,380 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,160 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,174 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,005 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 52 | #978 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,076 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,083 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,002 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 57 | #901 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 76 | #781 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 60 | #894 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 56 | #989 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,009 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 62 | #951 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 75 | #853 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 93 | #745 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 74 | #869 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 93 | #775 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 84 | #795 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 94 | #759 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 105 | #716 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,724 | 114 | #682 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 95 | #720 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 100 | #722 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 99 | #694 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 111 | #645 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 63 | #825 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 80 | #648 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 70 | #623 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 72 | #570 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 47 | #633 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 65 | #509 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 54 | #515 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 42 | #581 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 67 | #437 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 47 | #508 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 53 | #471 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 56 | #434 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 40 | #512 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 40 | #507 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 38 | #495 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 54 | #462 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 41 | #460 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 53 | #426 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 47 | #429 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 49 | #416 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 38 | #476 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 34 | #490 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 41 | #427 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 33 | #477 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 36 | #420 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 32 | #465 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 33 | #426 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 51 | #339 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 29 | #409 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 30 | #399 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 24 | #437 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 29 | #375 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 26 | #364 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 21 | #401 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 19 | #388 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 27 | #306 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Octavia reached #3,503 in 1979. As a girl name, it reached #247 in 2022. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Octavia
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.