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Octavia

Feminine form of Octavius.

PronunciationAmerican English /ɑk.ˈteɪ.vi.ə/; British English /ɒk.ˈteɪ.vi.ə/; Spanish /ok.ˈta.βja/; Latin /ok.ˈtaː.wi.a/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, English, Romanian, Spanish
US rank (2025)#308

Meaning and history

Octávia is the feminine form of Octavius. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of the Roman emperor Augustus, and in 19th-century England the name was sometimes given to an eighth-born child.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 130 births, rank #1,627
2007: 95 births, rank #2,117
2008: 117 births, rank #1,834
2009: 109 births, rank #1,914
2010: 91 births, rank #2,152
20112011: 72 births, rank #2,511
2012: 81 births, rank #2,315
2013: 73 births, rank #2,458
2014: 71 births, rank #2,517
2015: 175 births, rank #1,354
20162016: 260 births, rank #1,018
2017: 505 births, rank #595
2018: 737 births, rank #426
2019: 852 births, rank #370
2020: 930 births, rank #333
20212021: 1,238 births, rank #248
2022: 1,238 births, rank #247
2023: 1,129 births, rank #279
2024: 1,074 births, rank #294
20252025: 982 births, rank #308

Octavia moved from #294 to #308 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 1,238 births.