Total births
42
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.
- #17078
- among girls today
- 42
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 4%
- more common than other girls
Octaviah currently ranks #17078 among girls' names in America, with 42 babies recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Octaviah recorded 42 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #17078 nationally today, ahead of 4% of girls, 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.
- #17078 among girls today
- 42 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
- 4% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Octaviah is currently the #17078 girls' name in America, more common than 4% of girls - 42 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17078
- among girls today
- 42
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 4%
- more common than other girls
Octaviah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#17078
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 4% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
71% of everyone ever named Octaviah was born in this single decade.
2021
Single peak year
11 babies were named Octaviah in 2021 - its busiest year on record.
How Octaviah compares
42 13th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Octaviah's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Octaviah | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 48 | 19,840 |
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 at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2021
Current rank
#17,078
Active since
2017
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Octaviah? ▼
42 babies have been named Octaviah since 2017. It currently ranks #17078 among girls. The peak year was 2021 with 11 births.
When was Octaviah most popular? ▼
Octaviah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Octaviah been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Octaviah since 2017 -- 8 years through the most recent 2024 data.
What names are similar to Octaviah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Octavia, October, Octavie, Octa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Octaviah
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Octavie Girl
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Octayvia Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Octaviah: #17078 Girls' Name - 42 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/octaviah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.