Octavia

“Eighth” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #308 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Octavia is near its high-water mark: it reached #247 in 2022 and still ranked #308 in 2025. About 24,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Midwest today.

Around the world: about 1 in 770 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 2,200 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Octavias

Octavia Spencer — American actress
Octavia E. Butler — American science fiction writer (1947-2006)
Octavia the Younger — sister of Roman emperor Augustus
Octavia Hill — English social reformer (1838-1912)
Octavia the Elder — half-sister of Roman emperor Augustus

In stories & tradition

Octavia of the Julii — Rome
Octavia Blake — The 100
Octavia — Helluva Boss

What Octavias become

Among 55 notable people named Octavia:

Medical professionals appear 2.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Octavia Ritchie, Canadian physician and suffragist (1868–1948).

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