Octavio

Meaning: Eighth
Origin: From Spanish, borrowed from Latin Octāvius (octāvus 'eighth' + -ius)

Boy's name · #1278 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Octavio's best rank, #532, came in 2003; it has settled back to #1278 today. Roughly 11,000 boys have been named Octavio since 1908.

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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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#308 in Mexico (2024) · #778 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,120 in Canada (2024).

Octavio Paz — Mexican writer, poet an diplomat (1914–1998)
Octavio Lepage — President of Venezuela (acting) in 1993
Octavio Díaz — Argentine footballer (1900–1973)
Octavio Beras Rojas — Catholic cardinal (1906–1990)
Octavio Vial — Mexican footballer (1918–1989)

Among 325 notable people named Octavio:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Octavio Jara Wolff, Chilean lawyer (1944–2001).

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