October
Rank in 2025
#3712
recorded as girls
#8243
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
49
girls 40 · boys 9
Peak year
2022
66 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,342
since 1969
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
October was most popular in 2022, when 66 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.04 per 1,000). In 2025, 40 babies were named October, ranking #3712 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | 3712 | 9 | 8243 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3575 | 12 | 6832 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3140 | 21 | 4742 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2639 | 11 | 7262 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3112 | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | 56 | 2890 | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3130 | 11 | 7173 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2711 | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3091 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2966 | 6 | 10744 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3705 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 46 | 3425 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 44 | 3513 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 57 | 2978 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 54 | 3092 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 64 | 2752 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 60 | 2892 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 72 | 2584 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 57 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 9286 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | 8330 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 11108 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 9874 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 5 | 13386 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | 10479 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 9247 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 8153 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | 6323 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 14 | 4978 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | 4626 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 7649 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 22 | 3366 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 16 | 3963 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 93% · boys 7% across all years