Girls' name · since 1885
Octa
160 babies named Octa in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Octa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1885.
Social Security Administration records show Octa recorded 160 times among girls since 1885, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 1941.
- #22,138 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1885
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Octa ranks #22,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1885, peaking in the 1910s.
- #22,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Octa's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Octa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Octa's full recorded timeline at 1914, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1897, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Octa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–1941
- Peak year (1915)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Octa by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (50 births, 31% of the file).
1910s was Octa's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Octa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
20 births
- 1890s
1890s
22 births
- 1900s
1900s
28 births
- 1910s
1910s
50 births
- 1920s
1920s
34 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 50 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Octa's data
- Octa's decade-level peak was the 1910s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Octa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1885–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Octa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.