# Octavius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/octavius/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,702 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,687 / 15 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | 11,615 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,631 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,551 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 2,941 |
| 2012 | 38 | 3,042 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,451 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,792 |
| 2015 | 57 | 2,320 |
| 2016 | 51 | 2,507 |
| 2017 | 57 | 2,306 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,010 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,124 |
| 2020 | 85 | 1,786 |
| 2021 | 96 | 1,705 |
| 2022 | 84 | 1,886 |
| 2023 | 88 | 1,827 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,007 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,073 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Octavi
- Chinese: 屋大維 /屋大维
- French: Octave
- German: Octavius
- Greek: Οκτάβιος
- Hindi: ऑक्टेवियस
- Italian: Ottavio
- Korean: 옥타비우스
- Portuguese: Otávio
- Romanian: Octav
- Spanish: Octavio

## People named Octavius

- Prince Octavius of Great Britain, British prince
- Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, British entomologist (1828–1917)
- Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, British arachnologist (1860-1905)
- Octavius Ellis, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Octavius Catto, American activist (1839–1871)
- F. O. C. Darley, American artist (1822–1888)

## 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.