# Octave (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/octave/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 450 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 450 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 6 | 3,380 |
| 1940 | 6 | 3,366 |
| 1941 | 7 | 3,059 |
| 1943 | 5 | 3,908 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,771 |
| 1946 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 1947 | 7 | 3,279 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,071 |
| 1952 | 10 | 2,629 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,401 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,439 |
| 1962 | 6 | 3,912 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,364 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,836 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,952 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Octave

- Octave Mirbeau, French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)
- Octave Lapize, French racing cyclist (1887–1917)
- Octave Feuillet, French writer (1821–1890)
- Octave Chanute, French-American aviation pioneer (1832–1910)
- Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet (1827-1879)
- Octave Pirmez, Belgian writer (1832-1883)
- Octave Uzanne, French writer (1851–1931)
- Octave Maus, art critic, lawyer, writer (1856–1919)
- Octave Hamelin, French philosopher (1856–1907)
- Octave Dayen, French cyclist (1906-1987)
- Octave Aubry, French writer (1881–1946)
- Octave Levenspiel, American chemist (1926–2017)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.