Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Octave

#7,744 most common boys' name of all time · #19,472 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2024

Rank among boys
#7,744
Rank overall
#19,472 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
450
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1918 #1,834
Best rank
#626 1885
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Octave is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 6 6 #10,953
1969 — 5 5 #4,425
1966 — 5 5 #3,978
1962 — 6 6 #3,651
1960 — 5 5 #4,059
1959 — 5 5 #4,019
1952 — 10 10 #2,527
1949 — 5 5 #3,718
1947 — 7 7 #3,109
1946 — 6 6 #3,201
1944 — 5 5 #3,456
1943 — 5 5 #3,565
1941 — 7 7 #2,888
1940 — 6 6 #3,158
1939 — 6 6 #3,133
1938 — 7 7 #2,891
1937 — 6 6 #3,196
1936 — 8 8 #2,645
1935 — 7 7 #2,975
1934 — 14 14 #1,947
1933 — 6 6 #3,301
1932 — 8 8 #2,865
1931 — 8 8 #2,889
1930 — 6 6 #3,622
1929 — 9 9 #2,786
1928 — 8 8 #3,095
1927 — 11 11 #2,538
1926 — 10 10 #2,735
1925 — 11 11 #2,598
1924 — 11 11 #2,651
1923 — 8 8 #3,193
1922 — 8 8 #3,271
1921 — 9 9 #3,006
1920 — 12 12 #2,466
1919 — 18 18 #1,814
1918 — 18 18 #1,834
1917 — 5 5 #4,021
1916 — 14 14 #2,053
1915 — 16 16 #1,793
1914 — 13 13 #1,784
1912 — 10 10 #1,639
1909 — 7 7 #1,179
1903 — 6 6 #1,041
1900 — 7 7 #1,073
1898 — 5 5 #1,154
1896 — 7 7 #918
1894 — 9 9 #758
1892 — 12 12 #626
1889 — 10 10 #652
1885 — 10 10 #626
1884 — 9 9 #685
1882 — 9 9 #670
1880 — 9 9 #673