Violet
#13 for girls in 2025, 7,546 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 7,546 births
- Debut · girls
- 42 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 40 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 185,561since 1880
Violet over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #13 | 7,546 | — | |
| 2024 | #15 | 6,986 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #16 | 6,370 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #20 | 6,477 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #36 | 5,524 | — | |
| 2020 | #37 | 5,128 | — | |
| 2019 | #36 | 5,418 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #43 | 4,834 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #47 | 4,741 | — | |
| 2016 | #47 | 4,882 | — | |
| 2015 | #50 | 4,822 | — | |
| 2014 | #67 | 4,193 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #69 | 3,935 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #89 | 3,283 | — | |
| 2011 | #101 | 2,902 | — | |
| 2010 | #122 | 2,571 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #140 | 2,262 | — | |
| 2008 | #182 | 1,830 | — | |
| 2007 | #228 | 1,538 | — | |
| 2006 | #260 | 1,268 | — | |
| 2005 | #369 | 846 | — | |
| 2004 | #583 | 482 | — | |
| 2003 | #584 | 469 | — | |
| 2002 | #610 | 419 | — | |
| 2001 | #660 | 381 | — | |
| 2000 | #734 | 316 | — | |
| 1999 | #847 | 255 | — | |
| 1998 | #899 | 234 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,040 | 183 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,124 | 161 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,096 | 162 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,129 | 159 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,222 | 142 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,216 | 143 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,263 | 133 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,213 | 133 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,147 | 133 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,070 | 143 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,142 | 125 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,046 | 142 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,028 | 138 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,005 | 141 | — | |
| 1982 | #985 | 150 | — | |
| 1981 | #991 | 147 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,023 | 141 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,125 | 119 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,126 | 115 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,042 | 127 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,078 | 113 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,048 | 113 | — | |
| 1974 | #938 | 132 | — | |
| 1973 | #929 | 132 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,056 | 109 | — | |
| 1971 | #911 | 143 | — | |
| 1970 | #920 | 140 | — | |
| 1969 | #897 | 138 | — | |
| 1968 | #861 | 141 | — | |
| 1967 | #809 | 152 | — | |
| 1966 | #670 | 210 | — | |
| 1965 | #675 | 212 | — | |
| 1964 | #672 | 230 | — | |
| 1963 | #646 | 244 | — | |
| 1962 | #575 | 292 | — | |
| 1961 | #558 | 317 | — | |
| 1960 | #541 | 320 | — | |
| 1959 | #535 | 328 | — | |
| 1958 | #486 | 384 | — | |
| 1957 | #485 | 387 | — | |
| 1956 | #487 | 367 | — | |
| 1955 | #444 | 408 | — | |
| 1954 | #408 | 450 | — | |
| 1953 | #420 | 422 | — | |
| 1952 | #405 | 427 | — | |
| 1951 | #381 | 461 | — | |
| 1950 | #343 | 519 | — | |
| 1949 | #359 | 483 | — | |
| 1948 | #339 | 529 | — | |
| 1947 | #310 | 626 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #294 | 614 | — | |
| 1945 | #286 | 588 | — | |
| 1944 | #275 | 636 | — | |
| 1943 | #260 | 711 | — | |
| 1942 | #239 | 803 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #223 | 780 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #217 | 783 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #196 | 911 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #194 | 959 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #177 | 1,139 | — | |
| 1936 | #169 | 1,153 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #159 | 1,274 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #148 | 1,370 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #136 | 1,517 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #132 | 1,692 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #132 | 1,750 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #120 | 2,098 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #111 | 2,214 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #112 | 2,322 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #103 | 2,694 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #94 | 2,903 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #92 | 3,032 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #88 | 3,224 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #86 | 3,276 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #86 | 3,194 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #81 | 3,469 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #77 | 3,694 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #74 | 3,597 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #83 | 3,294 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #84 | 3,026 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #83 | 2,921 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #82 | 2,752 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #82 | 2,061 | — | |
| 1913 | #82 | 1,751 | — | |
| 1912 | #83 | 1,535 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #83 | 1,183 | — | |
| 1910 | #89 | 1,037 | — | |
| 1909 | #88 | 945 | — | |
| 1908 | #81 | 1,017 | — | |
| 1907 | #81 | 956 | — | |
| 1906 | #86 | 830 | — | |
| 1905 | #82 | 831 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #87 | 755 | — | |
| 1903 | #93 | 636 | — | |
| 1902 | #94 | 649 | — | |
| 1901 | #91 | 611 | — | |
| 1900 | #108 | 614 | — | |
| 1899 | #111 | 435 | — | |
| 1898 | #127 | 411 | — | |
| 1897 | #119 | 411 | — | |
| 1896 | #135 | 354 | — | |
| 1895 | #142 | 316 | — | |
| 1894 | #154 | 286 | — | |
| 1893 | #157 | 254 | — | |
| 1892 | #163 | 238 | — | |
| 1891 | #176 | 188 | — | |
| 1890 | #176 | 183 | — | |
| 1889 | #183 | 155 | — | |
| 1888 | #185 | 145 | — | |
| 1887 | #208 | 97 | — | |
| 1886 | #195 | 103 | — | |
| 1885 | #196 | 92 | — | |
| 1884 | #210 | 81 | — | |
| 1883 | #201 | 74 | — | |
| 1882 | #249 | 48 | — | |
| 1881 | #244 | 42 | — | |
| 1880 | #238 | 42 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Violet was already there! It came in at #238, and was given to 42 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 49 girls a year got the name.
See more about Violet
- 2 spots since 2024 (#15 → #13)
- 24 spots since 2020 (#37 → #13)
- 37 spots since 2015 (#50 → #13)
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 2005 (#583 → #369)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1972 (#911 → #1,056)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #13 (7,546 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1901–1926
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Highest: 1 in 213 girls born in 2025 were named Violet (0.47%)
- 22.4% of all girls named Violet (41,581) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #74 (1919) → #1,279 (1990) → #13 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 879 | #183 (1889) | #211 |
| 1890s | 3,076 | #111 (1899) | #146 |
| 1900s | 7,844 | #81 (1908) | #89 |
| 1910s | 23,157 | #74 (1919) | #83 |
| 1920s | 30,022 | #77 (1920) | #93 |
| 1930s | 13,863 | #120 (1930) | #156 |
| 1940s | 6,553 | #217 (1940) | #280 |
| 1950s | 4,153 | #343 (1950) | #439 |
| 1960s | 2,256 | #541 (1960) | #690 |
| 1970s | 1,243 | #911 (1971) | #1,017 |
| 1980s | 1,393 | #985 (1982) | #1,065 |
| 1990s | 1,699 | #847 (1999) | #1,112 |
| 2000s | 9,811 | #140 (2009) | #435 |
| 2010s | 41,581 | #36 (2019) | #67 |
| 2020s | 38,031 | #13 (2025) | #23 |
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.
Violet in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 252 of them was named Violet, which outranked 99.9% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 342,115 of them was named Violet, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.