Octavius
#2,146 most common boys' name of all time · #5,135 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1911–2025
Rank among boys
#2,146
Rank overall
#5,135 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
3,702
Since 2016
751
Peak year
1991 #948
Best rank
#916 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 126/yr
Octavius first appears in 1911. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,059 |
| 2024 | — | 77 | 77 | #2,000 |
| 2023 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,880 |
| 2021 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,701 |
| 2020 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,782 |
| 2019 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,112 |
| 2018 | — | 73 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,295 |
| 2016 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2015 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,306 |
| 2014 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,760 |
| 2013 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2012 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,011 |
| 2011 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,912 |
| 2010 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,271 |
| 2009 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2008 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,029 |
| 2007 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,378 |
| 2006 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,471 |
| 2004 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,963 |
| 2003 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,354 |
| 2002 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,129 |
| 2001 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,032 |
| 2000 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,671 |
| 1999 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,656 |
| 1998 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,722 |
| 1997 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,555 |
| 1996 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,537 |
| 1995 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,249 |
| 1994 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,271 |
| 1993 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,113 |
| 1992 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,397 |
| 1991 | — | 126 | 126 | #948 |
| 1990 | 5 | 95 | 100 | #1,098 |
| 1989 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,157 |
| 1988 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,016 |
| 1987 | — | 106 | 106 | #916 |
| 1986 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,132 |
| 1985 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,273 |
| 1984 | 5 | 49 | 54 | #1,356 |
| 1983 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,215 |
| 1982 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,367 |
| 1981 | 5 | 66 | 71 | #1,127 |
| 1980 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,263 |
| 1979 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,112 |
| 1978 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,046 |
| 1977 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,272 |
| 1976 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,072 |
| 1975 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,248 |
| 1974 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,178 |
| 1973 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,283 |
| 1972 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,241 |
| 1971 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,548 |
| 1970 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,599 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,606 |
| 1968 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,489 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,073 |
| 1966 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,146 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,415 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,950 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,554 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,433 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,821 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,467 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,853 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,945 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,133 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,635 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,728 |