How Many People Are Named Octave Fredette?

There are approximately 1 people named Octave Fredette living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Octave with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Fredette. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Octave

Last Name

Fredette

Octave: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Octave. The peak year was 1918 with 18 births. The average person named Octave today is 74 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Octave

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Octave in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Octave rose or fell over time.

White

44.00%

Black

44.80%

Hispanic

4.00%

American Indian/Alaska Native

2.40%

Two or More Races

4.80%

Ancestry of the Fredette Surname

The surname Fredette was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Fredette in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

91.87%

Black

0.66%

Hispanic

3.67%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.58%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.12%

Two or More Races

3.10%

How we calculated this

The first name "Octave" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Fredette" appears at a rate of 0.81 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Octave are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Octave

Octave Smith Octave Brown Octave Garcia Octave Johnson Octave Williams Octave Jones

Other people with the surname Fredette

Michael Fredette James Fredette John Fredette David Fredette Robert Fredette William Fredette Jason Fredette Barron Fredette

Octave Fredette: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Octave Fredette?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Octave Fredette are alive in the United States today. The first name Octave is shared by 78 Americans, and the surname Fredette is shared by 2,777.

How rare is the name Octave Fredette?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Octave is very rare and the surname Fredette is rare.

Is Octave a male or female name?

Octave is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1918 and the average bearer today is 74 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Octave?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Octave was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Black (44.80%). The next largest recorded groups were White (44.00%) and Two or More Races (4.80%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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