October
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
October is a name, meaning “eighth month”. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does October mean?
“eighth month”
A female given name transferred from the month name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is October a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, October has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is October in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named October, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969. 9 boys were also named October in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named October than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named October in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82% of the babies named October in the US were girls.
October in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like October
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Juniper, Palmer, Aria, Harper, Ximena, Solana, Piper, Parker, Alora, Marigold, Carter, Ember
Sources
Figures from 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, “October: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/october, updated 20 October 2026.