October*
#5,806 most common girls' name of all time · #9,815 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1969–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#5,806
Rank overall
#9,815 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,342
Since 2016
627
Peak year
2022 #2,650
Best rank
#2,594 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 77/yr
October first appears in 1969. 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 | 40 | 9 | 49 | #3,732 |
| 2024 | 43 | 12 | 55 | #3,601 |
| 2023 | 52 | 21 | 73 | #3,158 |
| 2022 | 66 | 11 | 77 | #2,650 |
| 2021 | 52 | 8 | 60 | #3,132 |
| 2020 | 56 | 6 | 62 | #2,903 |
| 2019 | 51 | 11 | 62 | #3,152 |
| 2018 | 63 | 6 | 69 | #2,725 |
| 2017 | 52 | 6 | 58 | #3,113 |
| 2016 | 56 | 6 | 62 | #2,979 |
| 2015 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,725 |
| 2014 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,449 |
| 2013 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,540 |
| 2012 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,991 |
| 2011 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,100 |
| 2010 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,764 |
| 2009 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,910 |
| 2008 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,594 |
| 2007 | 57 | — | 57 | #3,065 |
| 2006 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,457 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,488 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,287 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,390 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,569 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,115 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,733 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,528 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,961 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,000 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,900 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,873 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,621 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,418 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,654 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,308 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,615 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,163 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,782 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,151 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,463 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,109 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,609 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,600 |