Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Octavian

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
eighth

Syllables

4

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Octavian

Pronunciation

o-cta-vian, oc-tavian

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #2155, 66 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2572, 51 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202551
202463
202358
202261
202166
202050
201960
201847
201740
201656

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1533, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1796, 14 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202514
202412
202316
202214
20219
202015
201911
201815
201714
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #3324, 6 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20235
20225
2021–
20206
20194
20184
2017–
20163
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence