Octava — girls' name
41 babies named Octava in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Octava was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Octava in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Octava
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Octava between 1894 and 1931, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Octava currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Octava performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Octava shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Octava in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 41 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Octava at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Octava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1894
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
41 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 8 births in a single year.
Octava by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 19 births that decade — 46% of Octava's all-time total
Octava decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Octava's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1894–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.