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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #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.

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 2011

girls
#23
6,896 births · 1 in 255 girls
boys
#10,808
6 births · 1 in 316,542 boys

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #23Victoria6,896

Top boys' names in 2011

  1. #1Jacob20,403
  2. #2Mason19,530
  3. #3William17,362
  4. #4Jayden17,019
  5. #5Noah16,883
  6. #6Michael16,823
  7. #7Ethan16,702
  8. #8Alexander15,717
  9. #9Aiden15,520
  10. #10Daniel15,307
  11. #10,808Victoria6
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 255 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 99.9% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #20Aubrey7,188
  2. #21Brooklyn7,178
  3. #22Lillian6,934
  4. #23Victoria6,896
  5. #24Evelyn6,709
  6. #25Hannah6,584
  7. #26Alexis6,538
Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. 814Milania#1,629#815
  2. 554Alianna#1,529#975
  3. 444Hattie#1,438#994
  4. 419Aviana#1,185#766
  5. 414Avianna#1,249#835
Fallers
  1. 1,131Allisson#796#1,927
  2. 350Shaniya#565#915
  3. 346Brisa#464#810
  4. 335Alexus#976#1,311
  5. 273Abigale#909#1,182

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

boys

1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 316,542 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 24.7% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #9,600Zyien7
  2. #9,600Zykeem7
  3. #9,600Zyreon7
  4. #10,808Victoria6
  5. #10,808Aadhav6
  6. #10,808Aadish6
  7. #10,808Aanav6
  8. #12,287Aadesh5
  9. #12,287Aadhyan5
  10. #12,287Aarsh5

Tied with 1,478 names at #10,808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. 869Flynn#1,806#937
  2. 601Raylan#1,299#698
  3. 415Brantley#735#320
  4. 405Bowen#1,127#722
  5. 328Crosby#1,068#740
Fallers
  1. 336Jencarlos#928#1,264
  2. 308Keshawn#997#1,305
  3. 284Octavio#928#1,212
  4. 268Talan#976#1,244
  5. 242Antony#956#1,198

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

See the top 100 for 2011