Otavio
A masculine Portuguese name derived from the Germanic "Otho", meaning "wealthy".
Name Census estimates that about 78 living Americans carry the first name Otavio. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Otavio today is around 9 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Otavio births was 2024 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Otavio. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Otavio. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
78
~ 1 in 4,394,286 Americans
Peak year
2024
10 babies that year
Average age
9
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,136
Tracked since 2007
Popularity
Otavio: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Otavio from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 38 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Otavio by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Otavio during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Otavios live
Origin
Meaning and history of Otavio
The name Otavio has its origins in Latin and derives from the Roman family name Octavius. This name traces back to the Latin word "octavus," meaning "eighth." The name Octavius was initially used as a praenomen, the personal name given to a Roman male at birth, indicating that the bearer was the eighth son in the family.
One of the most famous historical figures to bear this name was Gaius Octavius, later known as Augustus, the first Roman emperor. He was born in 63 BC and ruled from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. Octavius was the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar, who adopted him as his heir.
The name Octavius continued to be used in ancient Rome and throughout the Roman Empire. It was particularly prevalent among noble families and those with ties to the imperial lineage. An early Christian martyr, Saint Octavius, is recorded as having lived in the 3rd century AD in North Africa.
During the Middle Ages, the name took on various spellings and forms across different regions of Europe. In Italy, it evolved into the modern Italian name Ottavio, which later gave rise to the Portuguese and Spanish variant Otavio.
Notable historical figures named Otavio include Otavio Frias, a Brazilian journalist and newspaper publisher who lived from 1912 to 2018. Another is Otavio Mangabeira, a Brazilian lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1953 to 1954 and was born in 1886.
Otavio Paranhos, born in 1914, was a Brazilian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1967 to 1979. Otavio Arantes, born in 1924, was a renowned Brazilian architect and a key figure in the modernist movement in Brazil.
Otavio Paz, a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat, was born in 1914 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century in the Spanish-speaking world.
People
Otavio + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Otavio as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with O
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Otavio: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Otavio?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 78 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Otavio going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,394,286 US residents.
Is Otavio a common name?
We classify Otavio as "Very Rare". It ranks above 60.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 79 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Otavio most popular?
The single biggest year for Otavio was 2024, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Otavio is about 9 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Otavio a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Otavio in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.