Octavious — #6853 US boys' name
1,651 babies named Octavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Octavious was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Octavious in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Octavious
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,651 babies named Octavious between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Octavious currently holds the #6853 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Octavious performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 469 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Octavious shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Octavious in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Octavious 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 1,651 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.
Octavious at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Octavious popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1992)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #6853 among boys.
1,651 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 63 births in a single year.
Octavious popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Octavious as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Octavious accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Octavious by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 469 births that decade — 28% of Octavious's all-time total
Octavious decade highlights
- Peak decade 469 births
- Runner-up 352 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Octavious's strongest decade
469 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Octavious by state
Where Octavious concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 301 | 18.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 100 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 54 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.6% |
301 of 1,651 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 18.2% of nationwide
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.3% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 18.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–2024 (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.