Boys' name · since 1973
Octavis
289 babies named Octavis in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 289
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Octavis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 289 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Octavis recorded 289 times among boys since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2015.
- #10,798 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 289 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Octavis ranks #10,798 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 289 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 289
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Octavis's 289 recorded births place it above 76.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Octavis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Octavis's full recorded timeline at 1990, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Octavis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2015
- Peak year (1980)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Octavis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (105 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Octavis's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Octavis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 105 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Octavis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Octavis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1973–2015 (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 Octavis 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.