Flavius

Boys' name

Yellow, golden, blond

Flavius has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1918, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Flavius, 1987

1 in 721,000

Flavius over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Flavius: meaning, origin, and history

Yellow, golden, blond

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Flavius means

Flavius means “yellow, golden, blond”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Flavius is used in Ancient Roman and Romanian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈflaː.wi.us/ for Flavius.

Origin, language, and formation

Flavius is used in English and Romanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 boys were recorded with the name Flavius between 1912 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1918; its best national rank was #2,671 in 1912.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Flavius?

Flavius had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,605,072 births
Among boys only: 1 in 373,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,770 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Flavius sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1987 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 499,770 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Flavius. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Flaviuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Flavius was born before 1921 — so the typical Flavius is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 57.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 6.6%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 57.9% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Flavius rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1918 (9)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,671; 1912

Spellings of Flavius

Flavius is not the most common spelling — Flavio is, with 97.6% against Flavius's 2.4%.

Flavio97.6%3,061
Flavius2.4%76

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Flavius around the world

Where Flavius ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2009–2025
#2,440
in 2025
France
1946–2024
#5,861
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Flavius by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,671; 1912
Peak year: 1918; 9 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 76
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Flavius

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Flavius

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Winnifred Johnie Ray Lida Maybelle Garnet Mathilda Verda

For a brother

Granville Valentine Ellsworth Orval Buster Sol Omer Regis

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