Girls' name · since 2017
Octaviah
42 babies named Octaviah in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,048 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
42 girls have been named Octaviah since 2017, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Octaviah recorded 42 times among girls since 2017, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #37,048 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Octaviah ranks #37,048 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,048 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Octaviah's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Octaviah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Octaviah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Octaviah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Octaviah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Octaviah's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Octaviah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (71% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Octaviah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2017–2024 (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 Octaviah 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.