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.

Octavian

#3,777 most common boys' name of all time · #9,208 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#3,777
Rank overall
#9,208 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,481
Since 2016
554
Peak year
2021 #2,160
Best rank
#2,160 2021
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
198020002020

Octavian first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 51 51 #2,586
2024 — 64 64 #2,247
2023 — 58 58 #2,376
2022 — 61 61 #2,337
2021 — 66 66 #2,160
2020 — 50 50 #2,566
2019 — 61 61 #2,279
2018 — 47 47 #2,646
2017 — 40 40 #2,970
2016 — 56 56 #2,355
2015 — 31 31 #3,547
2014 — 33 33 #3,326
2013 — 43 43 #2,733
2012 — 29 29 #3,664
2011 — 54 54 #2,361
2010 — 38 38 #3,042
2009 — 55 55 #2,364
2008 — 44 44 #2,773
2007 — 58 58 #2,272
2006 — 33 33 #3,262
2005 — 24 24 #3,866
2004 — 29 29 #3,331
2003 — 29 29 #3,229
2002 — 27 27 #3,305
2001 — 22 22 #3,790
2000 — 31 31 #2,894
1999 — 24 24 #3,331
1998 — 16 16 #4,291
1997 — 25 25 #3,027
1996 — 17 17 #3,928
1995 — 21 21 #3,260
1994 — 10 10 #5,637
1993 — 12 12 #4,847
1992 — 16 16 #3,853
1991 — 17 17 #3,568
1990 — 15 15 #3,887
1989 — 9 9 #5,389
1988 — 10 10 #4,626
1987 — 11 11 #4,138
1986 — 15 15 #3,216
1985 — 9 9 #4,556
1984 — 9 9 #4,434
1983 — 10 10 #4,043
1982 — 5 5 #6,868
1981 — 10 10 #4,062
1980 — 11 11 #3,774
1979 — 10 10 #3,994
1978 — 12 12 #3,362
1977 — 10 10 #3,786
1976 — 9 9 #3,941
1975 — 7 7 #4,680
1974 — 6 6 #5,050
1972 — 8 8 #3,913
1971 — 7 7 #4,326
1970 — 6 6 #4,699