Octave — #10897 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Octave

The Social Security Administration has registered 449 babies named Octave between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Octave currently holds the #10897 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Octave performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Octave shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Octave in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Octave 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 449 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.