Octavia

What Octavia means

Means “the eighth”

From Latin Octāvia, feminine form of the gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Octavia” (revision 85227638), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Octavia?

US: Rising: up from #1354 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #564 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,238 girls got the name (#247 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,637 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,166 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (7.4 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), WV (5.12 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Octavia is #308 in the US and #502 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Octavia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Octayvia5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Octavia

Girls

• Frances#318Editor’s note Up from #513 in 2015 to #318 in 2025 in the US
• Marcella#948Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 1,537 babies; 272 in 2025
• Maxine#496Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,106 in 2015, #496 in 2025
• Regina#395“queen”^*
• Loretta#606Diminutive of Laura, meaning “laurel tree”^*
• Alma#449“nourishing, kind”^*

For a brother

• Francis#420“Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Lionel#659“lion”^*
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Octavia’s. Rank is US 2025.