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Octavio

Gender
Boy
Say it
ok-TAH-vee-oh
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#1,276 for boys

Octavio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “eighth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,276th for boys in the US (154 babies).

What does Octavio mean?

Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Octavius

“eighth”

The Mexican poet Octavio Paz won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990.

Is Octavio a girl's or a boy's name?

Octavio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 154 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Octavio in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.

2007Busiest: 6 in 20242024
Octavio in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#3,335
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20184#4,169
20170–
20164#4,214
20154#4,086
20140–
20130–
20121#6,332
20110–
20103#4,865
20090–
20081#5,936
20073#4,486

How popular is Octavio in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,276th among boys
Babies in 2025
154 about 1 in 11,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 154 boys in the US were named Octavio, making it the 1,276th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,347th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 437 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.

2025 had more boys named Octavio than any year since 2015.

Half of all the boys named Octavio in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1908Busiest: 437 in 20032025
Octavio in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025154#1,276
2024138#1,364
2023140#1,346
2022139#1,347
2021117#1,514
2020132#1,347
2019117#1,472
2018128#1,375
2017144#1,264
2016148#1,248
2015186#1,065
2014192#1,043
2013176#1,065
2012158#1,155
2011144#1,212
2010217#928
2009222#931
2008245#866
2007243#858
2006342#665
2005321#665
2004313#654
2003437#531
2002264#689
2001225#761
2000259#683
1999250#673
1998193#789
1997198#750
1996261#641
1995219#718
1994185#777
1993205#724
1992212#703
1991215#685
1990215#689
1989168#761
1988144#788
1987165#711
1986129#800
1985120#810
1984130#759
1983112#824
1982125#788
1981171#654
1980143#733
1979117#805
1978115#790
1977119#783
1976133#726
1975127#736
1974106#779
1973104#779
197274#929
197163#1,026
197069#968
196963#965
196856#986
196764#900
196645#1,100
196551#1,031
196451#1,059
196352#1,051
196243#1,186
196144#1,195
196050#1,097
195943#1,181
195828#1,482
195745#1,150
195637#1,256
195529#1,418
195431#1,360
195338#1,213
195226#1,484
195135#1,241
195026#1,433
194930#1,321
194821#1,610
194726#1,448
194621#1,556
194528#1,248
194414#1,889
194320#1,576
194224#1,421
194113#1,997
194014#1,894
193917#1,636
193818#1,613
193716#1,756
193621#1,463
193521#1,494
193426#1,323
193315#1,829
193224#1,426
193121#1,538
193033#1,235
192927#1,378
192825#1,480
192724#1,561
192623#1,565
192521#1,678
192420#1,776
192318#1,873
192212#2,485
192115#2,151
192014#2,230
19199#2,876
191812#2,397
191713#2,187
191610#2,542
19158#2,828
19149#2,270
191310#1,802
19120–
19115#1,739
19100–
19090–
19086#1,216

Nicknames for Octavio

Names like Octavio

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lorenzo, Leonardo, Santiago, Romeo, Antonio, Marco, Cruz, Mario, Luca, Omar, Lucas, Sebastian

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Octavio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/octavio, updated 20 October 2026.