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How popular is the name Octavia?

Births per year, rank history and how many Octavias are alive today.

Octavia (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 502nd in 2025 with 80 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 123 babies were given the name, the 373rd most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

The Octavia you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Octavias born in England and Wales are between 4 and 17, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Octavia - on average, only one in every 225 such rooms contains a Octavia.

How many babies are named Octavia each year?

050100200020201996: 171997: 201998: 311999: 222000: 182001: 192002: 212003: 172004: 52005: 232006: 132007: 152008: 202009: 132010: 132011: 132012: 292013: 162014: 262015: 772016: 562017: 792018: 822019: 742020: 942021: 1232022: 1062023: 922024: 1092025: 80actual

Where does Octavia rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,1121997: ranked 1,0151998: ranked 7371999: ranked 9522000: ranked 1,0952001: ranked 1,0632002: ranked 1,0322003: ranked 1,2692004: ranked 3,1972005: ranked 1,0822006: ranked 1,7482007: ranked 1,6562008: ranked 1,3912009: ranked 1,9092010: ranked 1,9932011: ranked 2,0252012: ranked 1,1502013: ranked 1,7742014: ranked 1,2722015: ranked 5642016: ranked 7192017: ranked 5492018: ranked 5192019: ranked 5452020: ranked 4432021: ranked 3732022: ranked 3972023: ranked 4382024: ranked 3952025: ranked 502

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Octavia per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 123 in 2021
Octavia: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Octavia most popular?

Octavia peaked in 2021, when 123 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Octavia?

At least 1,400 people named Octavia born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Octavia?

Most living Octavias are between 4 and 17; the most common age is about 5.

Is Octavia becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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