Octavian Boy
How popular is Octavian?
#2,572 boy name in 2025
51 baby boys were named Octavian in the US in 2025, making it the 2572nd most popular boy name.
Octavian popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,572 for boys (▼ 336 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 51 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,512 in 2015, #2,545 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (66 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,156 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Octavian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Octavian family of names ranked #1,963 for boys in 2025 (#1,860 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Octavian | 51 | 89% |
| Octavion | 6 | 11% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Octavian is most popular
Babies named Octavian per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Octavian by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 75 | #3,214 |
| 1980s | 99 | #3,128 |
| 1990s | 173 | #2,976 |
| 2000s | 352 | #2,257 |
| 2010s | 432 | #2,264 |
| 2020s | 350 | #2,156 |
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Questions
- Is Octavian a boy or girl name?
- Octavian is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Octavian were boys.
- How popular is the name Octavian?
- 51 baby boys were named Octavian in the US in 2025, making it the 2572nd most popular boy name.
- When was Octavian most popular?
- Octavian peaked in 2021, when 66 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,156 in 2021.
- How many people are named Octavian?
- 1,481 babies have been named Octavian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,455 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Octavian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Octavian was most common in Colorado, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.