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How popular is “Octavia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Octavia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Octavia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Octavia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Octavia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Octavia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Octavia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Octavia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 27 0.000134006 27 100%
1881 19 0.000098605 19 100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 100%
1883 26 0.000119845 26 100%
1884 29 0.000119116 29 100%
1885 24 0.000099645 24 100%
1886 30 0.000117501 30 100%
1887 29 0.000117223 29 100%
1888 51 0.000170299 51 100%
1889 33 0.000114208 33 100%
1890 32 0.000106171 32 100%
1891 36 0.000125579 36 100%
1892 33 0.000098692 33 100%
1893 41 0.000126067 41 100%
1894 34 0.000100387 34 100%
1895 38 0.000108256 38 100%
1896 49 0.000137069 49 100%
1897 47 0.000135463 47 100%
1898 53 0.000138942 53 100%
1899 41 0.000120861 41 100%
1900 54 0.000119931 54 100%
1901 38 0.000109886 38 100%
1902 40 0.000103431 40 100%
1903 40 0.000104932 40 100%
1904 56 0.000138791 56 100%
1905 53 0.000125023 53 100%
1906 47 0.000109697 47 100%
1907 67 0.000143965 67 100%
1908 42 0.000085951 42 100%
1909 54 0.000105629 54 100%
1910 65 0.000110037 65 100%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 100%
1912 72 0.00007287 72 100%
1913 70 0.00006156 70 100%
1914 80 0.000056483 80 100%
1915 63 0.000034381 63 100%
1916 111 0.000057382 111 100%
1917 99 0.000049333 99 100%
1918 100 0.000046059 100 100%
1919 95 0.000045018 95 100%
1920 121 0.000053477 114 7 88%
1921 105 0.000044977 105 100%
1922 94 0.000041063 94 100%
1923 84 0.000036482 84 100%
1924 93 0.000039049 93 100%
1925 74 0.000031715 74 100%
1926 93 0.000040507 93 100%
1927 75 0.000032337 75 100%
1928 62 0.000027422 62 100%
1929 52 0.000023721 52 100%
1930 56 0.000025188 56 100%
1931 60 0.000028512 60 100%
1932 76 0.000035997 76 100%
1933 57 0.000028508 57 100%
1934 48 0.000023112 48 100%
1935 42 0.000020097 42 100%
1936 43 0.000020697 43 100%
1937 52 0.000024405 52 100%
1938 51 0.00002305 51 100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 100%
1940 34 0.000014765 34 100%
1941 42 0.000017238 42 100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 100%
1943 41 0.000014526 41 100%
1944 38 0.000014126 38 100%
1945 44 0.000016586 44 100%
1946 37 0.000011579 37 100%
1947 37 0.000010271 37 100%
1948 58 0.000016799 58 100%
1949 55 0.000015783 55 100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 100%
1951 55 0.00001493 55 100%
1952 70 0.000018431 70 100%
1953 63 0.000016348 63 100%
1954 66 0.00001658 66 100%
1955 59 0.000014695 59 100%
1956 72 0.000017463 72 100%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 100%
1958 73 0.000017659 73 100%
1959 70 0.000016835 70 100%
1960 61 0.000014685 61 100%
1961 80 0.000019313 80 100%
1962 77 0.000019081 77 100%
1963 103 0.000026022 103 100%
1964 76 0.000019549 76 100%
1965 83 0.000022894 83 100%
1966 91 0.000026182 91 100%
1967 104 0.000030634 104 100%
1968 73 0.000021608 73 100%
1969 101 0.000029062 101 100%
1970 115 0.000031887 115 100%
1971 138 0.000040206 133 5 93%
1972 128 0.000040725 128 100%
1973 167 0.000055355 167 100%
1974 157 0.000051645 150 7 91%
1975 194 0.000064251 194 100%
1976 179 0.000058992 174 5 94%
1977 191 0.000060129 184 7 93%
1978 210 0.000066165 203 7 93%
1979 193 0.00005801 181 12 88%
1980 197 0.000057193 188 9 91%
1981 226 0.00006533 220 6 95%
1982 257 0.000073262 251 6 95%
1983 256 0.000073917 246 10 92%
1984 266 0.000076245 266 100%
1985 306 0.000085736 306 100%
1986 337 0.000094741 331 6 96%
1987 451 0.000125083 446 5 98%
1988 426 0.00011529 418 8 96%
1989 397 0.000103266 381 16 92%
1990 376 0.00009513 365 11 94%
1991 387 0.000099351 387 100%
1992 389 0.000101269 383 6 97%
1993 366 0.000097075 366 100%
1994 308 0.000082848 302 6 96%
1995 269 0.000073454 269 100%
1996 238 0.000065256 238 100%
1997 249 0.000068675 249 100%
1998 241 0.000065521 241 100%
1999 205 0.000055497 205 100%
2000 195 0.000051589 195 100%
2001 183 0.000048886 183 100%
2002 196 0.00005243 196 100%
2003 165 0.000043395 165 100%
2004 140 0.00003664 140 100%
2005 162 0.000042134 162 100%
2006 130 0.00003286 130 100%
2007 95 0.000023764 95 100%
2008 117 0.000029766 117 100%
2009 109 0.000028533 109 100%
2010 90 0.000024352 90 100%
2011 72 0.000019684 72 100%
2012 81 0.000022147 81 100%
2013 73 0.000020024 73 100%
2014 71 0.000019156 71 100%
2015 174 0.000047015 174 100%
2016 260 0.00007087 260 100%
2017 505 0.000141212 505 100%
2018 737 0.000209619 737 100%
2019 850 0.000244891 850 100%
2020 928 0.000277796 928 100%
2021 1238 0.000365413 1238 100%
2022 1237 0.000365637 1237 100%
2023 1129 0.000340964 1129 100%
2024 1066 0.000320264 1066 100%

Explore other names

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  9. Octaviana
  10. Octaviano
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