Octavius

Boy's name · #2073 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Octavius reached its best rank, #918, in 1987 and ranked #2073 in 2025. About 3,700 boys have carried it since 1911.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,710 in Canada (2024) · #4,271 in England & Wales (2024) · #733 in France (1920).

Octavius Catto — U.S. civil rights activist and educator (1839–1871)
Octavius Terry — American hurdler (born 1972)
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge — British entomologist (1828–1917)
Octavius Mamilius — Prince and dictator of the Latin city of Tusculum (died 498 or 496 BCE)
Octavius Ellis — American basketball player (born 1993)

Octavius Caesar — Operatic character in the opera Antony and Cleopatra by Samuel Barber

Among 56 notable people named Octavius:

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