Ottavia — #15998 US girls' name
38 babies named Ottavia in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Ottavia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ottavia in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ottavia
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Ottavia between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ottavia currently holds the #15998 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ottavia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ottavia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ottavia 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 38 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.
Ottavia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ottavia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #15998 among girls.
38 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 8 births in a single year.
Ottavia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 18 births that decade — 47% of Ottavia's all-time total
Ottavia decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ottavia's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.