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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Octavia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	297
1881	207
1882	195
1883	231
1884	225
1885	180
1886	208
1887	199
1888	286
1889	185
1890	168
1891	194
1892	155
1893	193
1894	153
1895	163
1896	206
1897	201
1898	205
1899	176
1900	180
1901	159
1902	151
1903	153
1904	203
1905	182
1906	159
1907	210
1908	126
1909	156
1910	164
1911	112
1912	129
1913	112
1914	105
1915	64
1916	106
1917	92
1918	86
1919	84
1920	95
1921	85
1922	78
1923	70
1924	74
1925	61
1926	78
1927	63
1928	54
1929	47
1930	50
1931	56
1932	71
1933	57
1934	46
1935	40
1936	41
1937	49
1938	46
1939	36
1940	30
1941	35
1942	26
1943	29
1944	29
1945	34
1946	24
1947	21
1948	34
1949	32
1950	29
1951	31
1952	38
1953	33
1954	34
1955	30
1956	36
1957	43
1958	36
1959	35
1960	30
1961	40
1962	39
1963	53
1964	40
1965	47
1966	54
1967	63
1968	45
1969	60
1970	66
1971	80
1972	84
1973	115
1974	102
1975	133
1976	119
1977	120
1978	133
1979	113
1980	113
1981	132
1982	148
1983	147
1984	158
1985	178
1986	193
1987	257
1988	235
1989	207
1990	192
1991	206
1992	208
1993	202
1994	169
1995	153
1996	136
1997	143
1998	136
1999	116
2000	107
2001	102
2002	109
2003	90
2004	76
2005	88
2006	68
2007	49
2008	62
2009	59
2010	51
2011	41
2012	46
2013	42
2014	40
2015	98
2016	147
2017	293
2018	433
2019	508
2020	575
2021	754
2022	755
2023	704
2024	663
2025	611

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

West Virginia 5.7×
Maine 4.3×
New Mexico 3.4×
Indiana 3.1×
Oregon 3.1×

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More like it

More like Octavia

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 982
Rank in 2025: #308
How rare: 1 in 1,636 girls
Since 1880: 23,978

Most popular in 2022, at 755 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 523% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
West Virginia	5.7×	58
Maine	4.3×	26
New Mexico	3.4×	32
Indiana	3.1×	171
Oregon	3.1×	78

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.