Octavius
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Octavius is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Octavius mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Octavius a girl's or a boy's name?
Octavius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Octavius in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Octavius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
How popular is Octavius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Octavius, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 126 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had fewer boys named Octavius than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Octavius in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Octavius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 77 | #1,997 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 96 | #1,700 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,027 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 69 | #1,662 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,547 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,239 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,264 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,104 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 126 | #941 |
| 1990 | 95 | #1,092 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,150 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,011 |
| 1987 | 106 | #913 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,205 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,125 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,108 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,040 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,067 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,171 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
Names like Octavius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucas, Luca, Omar, Tobias, Lorenzo, Roman, Elias, Vinnie, Sebastian, Leonardo, Cruz, Santiago
Names related to Octavius
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Octavius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/octavius, updated 20 October 2026.