Octavius is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1991 and remains in steady use.
Octavius is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,073 for boy births in the United States (and #4,419 across all names), given to 72 babies. Octavius first appears in 1911 and peaked in 1991 (126 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | — | #2,073 |
| 2024 | 77 | 77 | — | #2,007 |
| 2023 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,827 |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,705 |
| 2020 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,786 |
| 2019 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,124 |
| 2018 | 73 | 73 | — | #2,010 |
| 2017 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,507 |
| 2015 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,320 |
| 2014 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,792 |
| 2013 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,451 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,042 |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,941 |
| 2010 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,281 |
| 2009 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,313 |
| 2008 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,037 |
| 2007 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,404 |
| 2006 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,688 |
| 2005 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,484 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,999 |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,384 |
| 2002 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,144 |
| 2001 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,041 |
| 2000 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,678 |
| 1999 | 64 | 64 | — | #1,666 |
| 1998 | 59 | 59 | — | #1,737 |
| 1997 | 66 | — | — | #1,564 |
| 1996 | 65 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1995 | 87 | — | — | #1,254 |
| 1994 | 85 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1993 | 102 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1992 | 66 | — | — | #1,411 |
| 1991 | 126 | — | — | #951 |
| 1990 | 100 | — | #14,551 | #1,099 |
| 1989 | 84 | — | — | #1,159 |
| 1988 | 93 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1987 | 106 | — | — | #918 |
| 1986 | 70 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1985 | 57 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1984 | 54 | — | #11,631 | #1,359 |
| 1983 | 57 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1982 | 48 | — | — | #1,378 |
| 1981 | 71 | — | #11,615 | #1,131 |
| 1980 | 54 | — | — | #1,268 |
| 1979 | 65 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1978 | 70 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1977 | 49 | — | — | #1,284 |
| 1976 | 61 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1975 | 47 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1974 | 50 | — | — | #1,178 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | — | #1,286 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1971 | 32 | — | — | #1,548 |
| 1970 | 29 | — | — | #1,602 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | — | #2,648 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | — | #2,542 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | — | #3,166 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | — | #2,422 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,792 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,251 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,537 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | — | #3,021 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,402 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,683 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,572 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #4,059 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,609 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #4,060 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #4,116 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,783 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | — | #4,409 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | — | #3,774 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | — | #1,683 |