Boys' name · since 1915
Ottavio
Ottavio has 95 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,781 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,122 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ottavio is the #12122 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 95 recorded since 1915.
Ottavio has 95 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12122 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #17,781 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,122 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ottavio ranks #17,781 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,122 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 95 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,781 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,122 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ottavio's 95 recorded births place it above 60.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ottavio compares
95 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ottavio's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ottavio | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ottavio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ottavio's full recorded timeline at 1935, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ottavio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Ottavio by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (31 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Ottavio's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Ottavio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 31 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ottavio's data
- Ottavio's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Ottavio: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Ottavio 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.