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.

Octavious

#3,502 most common boys' name of all time · #8,532 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#3,502
Rank overall
#8,532 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,674
Since 2016
245
Peak year
1992 #1,457
Best rank
#1,457 1992
Girls Boys peak 63/yr
192019401960198020002020

Octavious first appears in 1917. 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 — 17 17 #5,429
2024 — 12 12 #6,881
2023 — 23 23 #4,479
2022 — 24 24 #4,333
2021 — 38 38 #3,133
2020 — 25 25 #4,038
2019 — 24 24 #4,247
2018 — 23 23 #4,380
2017 — 34 34 #3,326
2016 — 25 25 #4,120
2015 — 30 30 #3,606
2014 — 11 11 #7,117
2013 — 22 22 #4,336
2012 — 29 29 #3,643
2011 — 25 25 #4,022
2010 — 32 32 #3,396
2009 — 35 35 #3,231
2008 — 33 33 #3,365
2007 — 40 40 #2,930
2006 — 40 40 #2,838
2005 — 31 31 #3,263
2004 — 36 36 #2,855
2003 — 26 26 #3,453
2002 — 34 34 #2,774
2001 — 42 42 #2,358
2000 — 35 35 #2,636
1999 — 47 47 #2,037
1998 — 46 46 #2,044
1997 — 56 56 #1,740
1996 — 40 40 #2,127
1995 — 42 42 #2,001
1994 — 48 48 #1,810
1993 — 40 40 #2,020
1992 — 63 63 #1,457
1991 — 51 51 #1,641
1990 — 36 36 #2,064
1989 5 39 44 #1,905
1988 — 34 34 #1,921
1987 — 31 31 #1,994
1986 — 31 31 #1,942
1985 — 24 24 #2,246
1984 — 15 15 #3,012
1983 — 33 33 #1,727
1982 — 22 22 #2,306
1981 — 24 24 #2,170
1980 — 18 18 #2,666
1979 — 15 15 #2,944
1978 — 17 17 #2,603
1977 — 23 23 #2,095
1976 — 22 22 #2,144
1975 — 21 21 #2,169
1974 — 16 16 #2,502
1973 — 7 7 #4,203
1972 — 15 15 #2,487
1971 — 14 14 #2,620
1970 — 11 11 #2,988
1968 — 7 7 #3,520
1957 — 5 5 #4,295
1920 — 5 5 #4,757
1917 — 5 5 #4,545