Octavia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Octavia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Octavia: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #373 in 2021, and it stood at #395 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#373highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1015
1998	#737
1999	#952
2000	#1095
2001	#1063
2002	#1032
2003	#1269
2004	#3197
2005	#1082
2006	#1748
2007	#1656
2008	#1391
2009	#1909
2010	#1993
2011	#2025
2012	#1150
2013	#1774
2014	#1272
2015	#564
2016	#719
2017	#549
2018	#519
2019	#545
2020	#443
2021	#373
2022	#397
2023	#438
2024	#395

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #395 among girls in England and Wales, #541 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #373 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #395 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Octavia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Octavia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	90	4 of 10	23
2000s	164	10 of 10	16
2010s	465	10 of 10	47
2020sbusiest	524	5 of 10	105

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 105 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 51, from 26 to 77.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Octavia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #373 in England and Wales in 2021.

Octavia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#395	109	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#438	92	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#397	106	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#373	123	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#443	94	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#545	74	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#519	82	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#549	79	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#719	56	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#564	77	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#952	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #373, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 123 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Oceane · #2325, 20y
Oceanna · #3598, 14y
Octavian · #1533, 16y
Oda · #21, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Safaa · #373, 30y
Alexandre · #374, 30y
Elyse · #372, 30y
Giulia · #372, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Safaa · #373, 30y
Alexandre · #374, 30y
Clarice · #374, 29y
Ela · #372, 30y

Octavia was ranked #373 in England and Wales · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Octavia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Octavia without appearing here.

Octavia moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1082 and #3970.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1909 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #4012.
Yvonne Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1774 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1272 and #3160.
Levi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2025 and #2025 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1150 and #2969.

Moved ahead of Octavia

Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1269 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #736.
Ada Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1269 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1617.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1032 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1269 and #799.
Aria Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1082 and #1295 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1748 and #1280.

Moved the opposite way to Octavia

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Octavia

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Octavia went from #1112 to #395 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #373 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Octavia

Octavia at a glance

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Octavia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Octavia at a glance

Octavia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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