Girls' name · since 1993
Ottavia
44 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.
- #36,512 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,788 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ottavia currently ranks #13788 among girls' names in America, with 44 babies recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Ottavia recorded 44 times among girls since 1993, holding rank #13788 nationally today, ahead of 20% 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 1993 to 2025.
- #36,512 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,788 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 44 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ottavia ranks #36,512 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,788 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #36,512 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,788 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ottavia's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ottavia compares
44 14th percentile among 17,297 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
Ottavia's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ottavia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ottavia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ottavia's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ottavia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ottavia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Ottavia's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ottavia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ottavia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1993–2025 (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 Ottavia 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.