Octavian
About Octavian
With the rise of ancient Roman names, Octavian suddenly seem plausible again. A variation of Octavius and relative of the more modern Octavio, it's an equally attractive member of the trio.
As of October 2026, Octavian ranked #2592 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2164 in 2021.
Editor's take: The name Octavian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "eighth".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,353 | 33 | 17.2 |
| 2015 | #3,565 | 31 | 16.2 |
| 2016 | #2,360 | 56 | 29.5 |
| 2017 | #2,990 | 40 | 21.6 |
| 2018 | #2,658 | 47 | 25.9 |
| 2019 | #2,306 | 60 | 33.4 |
| 2020 | #2,576 | 50 | 29 |
| 2021 | #2,164 | 66 | 37.7 |
| 2022 | #2,340 | 61 | 34.9 |
| 2023 | #2,380 | 58 | 33.9 |
| 2024 | #2,270 | 63 | 36.6 |
| 2025 | #2,592 | 51 | 29.9 |
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Octavian on lists
Famous Octavians
- Octavian aka Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus aka Augustus
Roman Emperor
- Octavian Goga
Prime Minister of Romania
- Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu
Romanian magazine publisher, writer and politician
- Octavian Smigelschi
Austro,Hungarian painter
- Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu
Romanian gymnastics coach
- Octavian Paler
Romanian journalist and activist
- Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger (b. 2017)
son of singer Mick Jagger and ballerina Melanie Hamrick
Octavian in pop culture
- Octavian
character in the Heroes of Olympus series
- Octavian
character from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
- Octavian "Tavvy" Blackthorn
character from Cassandra Clare's "The Dark Artifices" series
- Octavian
title character in Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier
- Octavian
character in Nintendo's "Animal Crossing" series