Octave
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 450since 1880
Octave over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Octave has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
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| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #604 | 10 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #652 | 9 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Octave was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Octave is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Octave in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Octave
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 59 spots in 1885
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #597 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,170
- Highest: 1 in 10,170 boys born in 1892 were named Octave (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.6% of all boys named Octave (97) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #604 (1885) | #637 |
| 1890s | 33 | #597 (1892) | #837 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,071 |
| 1910s | 94 | #1,619 (1912) | #2,119 |
| 1920s | 97 | #2,459 (1920) | #2,819 |
| 1930s | 76 | #1,932 (1934) | #2,924 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,872 (1941) | #3,276 |
| 1950s | 15 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,251 |
| 1960s | 21 | #3,640 (1962) | #4,008 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,938 (2024) | #10,938 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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