Victory
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to girls 71.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 78 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,759since 1898
Victory over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #2,580 | 66 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #2,681 | 64 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #2,841 | 59 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #2,969 | 57 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #2,730 | 66 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,101 | 51 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #809 | 78 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Victory! It came in at #1,379, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Victory
- 443 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #4,265)
- 1,685 spots since 2020 (#2,580 → #4,265)
- 836 spots since 2015 (#3,429 → #4,265)
- Biggest drop: 840 spots in 1919 (#809 → #1,649)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1918 at #809 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1919, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1918
- Highest: 1 in 14,841 girls born in 1918 were named Victory (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.5% of all girls named Victory (502) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1985, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,379 (1898) | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,420 (1905) | #1,676 |
| 1910s | 111 | #809 (1918) | #1,830 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,590 (1920) | #3,796 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,101 (1942) | #2,015 |
| 1950s | 41 | #3,962 (1950) | #4,828 |
| 1960s | 68 | #3,293 (1962) | #5,046 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,061 (1970) | #6,438 |
| 1980s | 70 | #5,885 (1981) | #8,250 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,687 (1994) | #6,684 |
| 2000s | 247 | #2,730 (2009) | #6,230 |
| 2010s | 502 | #2,681 (2019) | #3,264 |
| 2020s | 303 | #2,580 (2020) | #3,290 |
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.
Victory in 1898
Top girls' names in 1898
More about 1898
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258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 36,967 of them was named Victory, which outranked 30.2% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,263Will8
- #1,263Zilla8
- #1,263Zilpha8
- #1,379Victory7
- #1,379Agness7
- #1,379Anastacia7
- #1,379Arabella7
- #1,502Abby6
- #1,502Agda6
- #1,502Alba6
Tied with 122 names at #1,379; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.