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Octavian

Boy's name · #2592 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Octavian is near its high-water mark: it reached #2166 in 2021 and still ranked #2592 in 2025. About 1,500 boys have carried it since 1970.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,174 in Austria (2025) · #1,869 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,618 in Canada (2024).

Famous Octavians

• Octavian Goga — Romanian poet and politician (1881–1938)
• Octavian Popescu — Romanian footballer (born 2002)
• Octavian Paler — Romanian writer and journalist (1926–2007)
• Octavian Bellu — Head of Romanian national artistic gymnastics team (born 1951)
• Octavian Smigelschi — Transylvanian painter (1866–1912)

In stories & tradition

• Octavian — Der Rosenkavalier (musical stage work)

What Octavians become

Among 133 notable people named Octavian:

Sports figures appear 1.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Octavian Popescu, Romanian footballer (born 2002).

Similar names: Octavius · Saylor · Kadence · Avion · Bastian · Gian

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