Feminine dossier · first seen 1969

October

Name: SSA baby-name counts for October
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1969Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

40.3%

2024

All-time

1,204

October has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 72 girls were named October.

In 2024, only 43 girls were given the name.

Down 40.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,204 Americans have been named October and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1969.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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