Octava

Popularity Trends

The name Octava is the #7,698 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 41 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,675 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 41 births since 1894.

Octava first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (first recorded for girls in 1894). Birth data for Octava is available in 7 out of the 38 years between 1894 and 1931. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Octava reached its peak popularity in 1894, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #320) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1894, with 30 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1931.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Octava".

1894 1931 18941931

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1894

First Recorded

1894

Peak Percentile

0.6%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#320

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Octava", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Octava.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Octava's popularity from 1893 to 1934 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Octava at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Octava range from Thilda at 89.7% correlation to Audy at 61.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 71.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Audy with 302 births (96% boys) and the least popular is Onezia with 5 births (100% girls).

Octava's share of births peaked at 29.7 births per million for girls in 1894. It reached its lowest point of 3.9 births per million (13% of peak) in 1924. In 1931, the most recent period with data, the name Octava had 4.5 births per million, 15% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

89.75% (very strong)

76.34% (strong)

75.20% (strong)

74.24% (strong)

72.92% (strong)

72.69% (strong)

70.41% (strong)

117

70.02% (strong)

Crit

111

66.42% (strong)

Oswell

66.12% (strong)

Hezzie

247

62.85% (strong)

Audy

302

61.76% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Octava

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Octava. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 48.6% confident that Octava is pronounced as ahk-TAY-vuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ahk-TAH-vuh, at 22.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.

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22.9%

8.6%

8.6%

5.7%

5.7%

ahk-TAY-vuh (3 syllables)

48.6% confidence

AA0 K T EY1 V AH0

ahk-TAH-vuh (3 syllables)

22.9% confidence

AA0 K T AA1 V AH0

AHK-tuh-vuh (3 syllables)

8.6% confidence

AA1 K T AH0 V AH0

AHK-tay-vuh (3 syllables)

8.6% confidence

AA1 K T EY0 V AH0

awk-TAH-vuh (3 syllables)

5.7% confidence

AO0 K T AA1 V AH0

ahk-TA-vuh (3 syllables)

5.7% confidence

AA0 K T AE1 V AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Octava? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Octava. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Octava, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AA0 K T EY1 V AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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