Victoria

#54 for girls in 2025, 4,027 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 12,148 births
Debut · girls
93 births
In top 100 · girls
62 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
527,915
since 1880

Victoria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #16, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#544,027
2024#484,281#8,3129
2023#454,454
2022#434,782
2021#434,713#10,7996
2020#345,303#8,7398
2019#256,380#12,1455
2018#217,134#9,6707
2017#197,314#7,54610
2016#217,329
2015#207,630#10,6446
2014#198,012#8,1309
2013#257,215#9,6557
2012#286,871#8,1589
2011#236,896#10,8086
2010#326,236#8,8038
2009#316,371#7,23611
2008#277,127#12,5535
2007#297,435#12,3675
2006#277,653#8,7328
2005#287,961#4,82417
2004#288,279#2,56942
2003#229,251#5,27114
2002#219,785#7,6438
2001#2110,179#6,44510
2000#2010,926#4,20418
1999#1611,874#4,53715
1998#1612,148#4,01917
1997#1911,795#3,73818
1996#1811,859#3,40620
1995#2012,252#2,92324
1994#1912,694#3,03023
1993#1912,925#2,29533
1992#2211,907#2,83424
1991#2810,912#2,09535
1990#339,109#2,01237
1989#447,637#1,47656
1988#427,283#2,14629
1987#506,255#2,16927
1986#545,676#1,66238
1985#595,426#1,97529
1984#595,076#2,70617
1983#585,046#1,95527
1982#654,255#2,42620
1981#873,689#2,77916
1980#1032,929#3,09814
1979#1192,674
1978#1212,457#3,21512
1977#1072,702#3,8369
1976#923,036#3,7249
1975#1052,713#2,45017
1974#1042,844#3,12011
1973#953,070#2,40516
1972#993,206#2,32316
1971#973,722#4,3756
1970#854,460#1,88922
1969#834,390#2,30814
1968#824,286#2,10915
1967#933,664#2,24213
1966#1033,362#1,75719
1965#1083,480#1,98716
1964#1293,157#2,54611
1963#1303,246#2,11515
1962#1213,705#2,50411
1961#1144,149#2,70610
1960#1144,294#3,0778
1959#1134,153#1,97417
1958#1094,466#3,2757
1957#885,328#2,01916
1956#855,388#2,62810
1955#825,359#2,55810
1954#854,978#3,4526
1953#825,164#3,4256
1952#745,603#3,0957
1951#814,907#3,0667
1950#943,781#3,6815
1949#963,669#3,0197
1948#1083,131#3,3166
1947#1232,739#3,0967
1946#1222,388#2,6908
1945#1062,670#2,00912
1944#1391,815#3,1096
1943#1641,467
1942#1701,372#2,9407
1941#216814
1940#243687
1939#241675
1938#260588#3,5345
1937#252629#2,4799
1936#269507
1935#256603#2,7198
1934#259585#3,6795
1933#249600#2,5429
1932#258592#2,8498
1931#228712#3,0957
1930#228713#3,5926
1929#216825#2,31712
1928#217833#2,38712
1927#205959#4,2105
1926#200963
1925#1961,046
1924#1941,102
1923#1901,150#2,9509
1922#1861,145#2,80110
1921#1791,238#3,8696
1920#1731,286
1919#1541,429#3,7366
1918#1341,758#3,7286
1917#1581,334#3,9815
1916#1501,340#3,1777
1915#1511,266
1914#1451,026
1913#147825
1912#150711
1911#160503
1910#142574
1909#160426
1908#156435
1907#159400
1906#159362
1905#163343
1904#167320
1903#156330
1902#151339
1901#142346
1900#148391
1899#156289
1898#171276
1897#180234
1896#158281
1895#160269
1894#163251
1893#168223
1892#165229
1891#164204
1890#158223
1889#167175
1888#152207
1887#155157
1886#150162
1885#141163
1884#158124
1883#159110
1882#136132
1881#134117
1880#14893
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Victoria was already there! It came in at #148, and was given to 93 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.

Where Victoria is popular in 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #38 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 148 girlsAKMaine: #57 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 207 girlsMEVermont: #59 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 179 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #32 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 127 girlsNHWashington: #26 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 189 girlsWAIdaho: #36 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 182 girlsIDMontana: #48 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 171 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #43 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 172 girlsNDMinnesota: #49 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 236 girlsMNIllinois: #33 for girls · 324 births · 1 in 214 girlsILWisconsin: #51 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 262 girlsWIMichigan: #44 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 239 girlsMINew York: #18 for girls · 743 births · 1 in 132 girlsNYMassachusetts: #21 for girls · 229 births · 1 in 132 girlsMARhode Island: #14 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 80 girlsRIOregon: #49 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 239 girlsORNevada: #42 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 203 girlsNVWyoming: #22 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 84 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #53 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 200 girlsSDIowa: #60 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 264 girlsIAIndiana: #52 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 242 girlsINOhio: #44 for girls · 258 births · 1 in 226 girlsOHPennsylvania: #30 for girls · 340 births · 1 in 166 girlsPANew Jersey: #14 for girls · 392 births · 1 in 108 girlsNJConnecticut: #21 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 118 girlsCTCalifornia: #26 for girls · 1,219 births · 1 in 186 girlsCAUtah: #79 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 341 girlsUTColorado: #22 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 168 girlsCONebraska: #78 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 296 girlsNEMissouri: #41 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 202 girlsMOKentucky: #35 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 168 girlsKYWest Virginia: #36 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 157 girlsWVVirginia: #26 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 166 girlsVAMaryland: #25 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 151 girlsMDDelaware: #25 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 114 girlsDEArizona: #14 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 141 girlsAZNew Mexico: #19 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 140 girlsNMKansas: #20 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 150 girlsKSArkansas: #30 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 165 girlsARTennessee: #30 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 169 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #26 for girls · 262 births · 1 in 166 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #26 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 154 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #42 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 169 girlsDCOklahoma: #24 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 165 girlsOKLouisiana: #23 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 144 girlsLAMississippi: #34 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 189 girlsMSAlabama: #27 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 161 girlsALGeorgia: #30 for girls · 267 births · 1 in 186 girlsGAHawaii: #40 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 160 girlsHITexas: #11 for girls · 1,177 births · 1 in 134 girlsTXFlorida: #13 for girls · 658 births · 1 in 121 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#11 · 1 in 134
  2. Florida#13 · 1 in 121
  3. Rhode Island#14 · 1 in 80
  4. New Jersey#14 · 1 in 108
  5. Arizona#14 · 1 in 141

Best ever in a state: #4 in Rhode Island, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#111,1771 in 134
Florida#136581 in 121
Arizona#142391 in 141
New Jersey#143921 in 108
Rhode Island#14491 in 80
New York#187431 in 132
New Mexico#19581 in 140
Kansas#20911 in 150
Connecticut#211251 in 118
Massachusetts#212291 in 132
Colorado#221501 in 168
Wyoming#22141 in 84
Louisiana#231441 in 144
Oklahoma#241011 in 165
Delaware#25281 in 114
Maryland#251611 in 151
California#261,2191 in 186
North Carolina#262621 in 166
South Carolina#261101 in 154
Virginia#262171 in 166
Washington#261531 in 189
Alabama#271221 in 161
Arkansas#30721 in 165
Georgia#302671 in 186
Pennsylvania#303401 in 166
Tennessee#301801 in 169
New Hampshire#32361 in 127
Illinois#333241 in 214
Mississippi#34611 in 189
Kentucky#351171 in 168
Idaho#36351 in 182
West Virginia#36461 in 157
Alaska#38151 in 148
Hawaii#40221 in 160
Missouri#411411 in 202
District of Columbia#42201 in 169
Nevada#42511 in 203
North Dakota#43151 in 172
Michigan#442051 in 239
Ohio#442581 in 226
Montana#48171 in 171
Minnesota#491101 in 236
Oregon#49681 in 239
Wisconsin#51961 in 262
Indiana#521341 in 242
South Dakota#53161 in 200
Maine#57211 in 207
Vermont#5991 in 179
Iowa#60521 in 264
Nebraska#78281 in 296
Utah#79531 in 341

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Victoria
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#48#54)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#34#54)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#20#54)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1942 (#216#170)
  • Biggest drop: 30 spots in 1932 (#228#258)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #16 (12,148 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1981–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 140
  • Highest: 1 in 140 girls born in 1993 were named Victoria (0.71%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
  • Its best rank, #16 in 1998, was only 1 in 145 (0.69%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Victoria (117,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,440#134 (1881)#150
1890s2,479#156 (1899)#164
1900s3,692#142 (1901)#156
1910s10,766#134 (1918)#149
1920s10,547#173 (1920)#196
1930s6,204#228 (1930)#250
1940s20,752#96 (1949)#149
1950s49,127#74 (1952)#89
1960s37,733#82 (1968)#108
1970s30,884#85 (1970)#102
1980s53,272#42 (1988)#62
1990s117,475#16 (1998)#21
2000s84,967#20 (2000)#25
2010s71,017#19 (2014)#23
2020s27,560#34 (2020)#45

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Victoria in 2003

girls
#22
9,251 births · 1 in 198 girls
boys
#5,271
14 births · 1 in 141,096 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #22Victoria9,251

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #5,271Victoria14
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 198 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #19Taylor10,314
  2. #20Sophia9,687
  3. #21Anna9,464
  4. #22Victoria9,251
  5. #23Natalie9,151
  6. #24Chloe9,082
  7. #25Sydney8,911
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 1,689Laci#2,126#437
  2. 1,528Karyme#2,467#939
  3. 1,500Roselyn#2,467#967
  4. 1,326Kaydence#2,310#984
  5. 1,170Sherlyn#2,081#911
Fallers
  1. 481Odalys#951#1,432
  2. 400Kari#975#1,375
  3. 334Litzy#501#835
  4. 289Alysha#960#1,249
  5. 252Roxana#861#1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 141,096 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 58.7% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #5,035Zenon15
  2. #5,035Ziare15
  3. #5,035Zoe15
  4. #5,271Victoria14
  5. #5,271Aadi14
  6. #5,271Aarya14
  7. #5,271Adonijah14
  8. #5,558Aadit13
  9. #5,558Aaditya13
  10. #5,558Abdel13

Tied with 286 names at #5,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 790Maddox#1,372#582
  2. 762Jahir#1,571#809
  3. 519Yair#1,236#717
  4. 450Jamarion#1,094#644
  5. 413Aydan#1,154#741
Fallers
  1. 819Lisandro#898#1,717
  2. 621Shemar#970#1,591
  3. 362Jaheem#891#1,253
  4. 337Keandre#998#1,335
  5. 334Savion#568#902

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003