Violette

#893 for girls in 2025, 298 births

Peak · girls
#583
1908 · 41 births
Debut · girls
1886
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,403
since 1886

Violette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Violette has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #583, 1908girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#893298
2024#961271
2023#981262
2022#1,069235
2021#1,024248
2020#981260
2019#1,010254
2018#1,090230
2017#1,198203
2016#1,241196
2015#1,215204
2014#1,281187
2013#1,362171
2012#1,911104
2011#1,898105
2010#1,928104
2009#2,005103
2008#2,29585
2007#2,82264
2006#3,01756
2005#3,08151
2004#4,38731
2003#5,79520
2002#3,65436
2001#5,57020
2000#7,15814
1999#7,23913
1998#6,71914
1997#6,48314
1996#6,06415
1995#9,5538
1994#8,8049
1993#6,62213
1992#6,65213
1991#9,3368
1990#10,1937
1989#10,8476
1988#8,3918
1987#9,8256
1986—
1985#7,5638
1984#6,29110
1983#9,0156
1982#8,2247
1981#4,34417
1980#9,0956
1979—
1978#9,7505
1977#9,6525
1976#9,2845
1975#5,9849
1974#7,6806
1973#8,4235
1972#8,2925
1971#7,3886
1970#7,9955
1969—
1968—
1967—
1966#6,5645
1965#6,5395
1964#6,7675
1963#5,2967
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959#4,6258
1958#4,8907
1957#5,3776
1956#4,8377
1955#4,3768
1954#3,01914
1953#4,5957
1952#4,4837
1951#4,0118
1950#3,05212
1949—
1948#3,5939
1947#4,0078
1946#3,21710
1945#3,1329
1944#2,28715
1943#3,2499
1942#3,4448
1941#2,53212
1940#2,29713
1939#2,03816
1938#2,02116
1937#2,31713
1936#1,95016
1935#1,51424
1934#1,40927
1933#1,47025
1932#1,34630
1931#1,19936
1930#1,11744
1929#1,41929
1928#1,27136
1927#93564
1926#95262
1925#1,02054
1924#79787
1923#78287
1922#705107
1921#78487
1920#671117
1919#73591
1918#612133
1917#621121
1916#70994
1915#71887
1914#69269
1913#65962
1912#60366
1911#74134
1910#73733
1909#63838
1908#58341
1907#66632
1906#68928
1905#60933
1904#71024
1903#78919
1902#75621
1901#79517
1900#86019
1899#75618
1898#79018
1897#1,1678
1896#84315
1895#1,2028
1894#1,3536
1893#1,4375
1892#1,0858
1891#83911
1890—
1889#1,1476
1888—
1887#1,0366
1886#1,1085
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Violette! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Violette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 68 spots since 2024 (#961 → #893)
  • 88 spots since 2020 (#981 → #893)
  • 322 spots since 2015 (#1,215 → #893)
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1898 (#1,167 → #790)
  • Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1928 (#935 → #1,271)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1908 at #583 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1898–1924
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,394
  • Highest: 1 in 5,394 girls born in 2025 were named Violette (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #583 in 1908, was only 1 in 8,154 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Violette (1,758) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#1,036 (1887)#1,097
1890s97#756 (1899)#1,052
1900s272#583 (1908)#710
1910s790#603 (1912)#683
1920s730#671 (1920)#934
1930s247#1,117 (1930)#1,638
1940s93#2,287 (1944)#3,084
1950s84#3,019 (1954)#4,327
1960s22#5,296 (1963)#6,292
1970s51#5,984 (1975)#8,272
1980s74#4,344 (1981)#8,177
1990s114#6,064 (1996)#7,767
2000s480#2,005 (2009)#3,978
2010s1,758#1,010 (2019)#1,413
2020s1,574#893 (2025)#985

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.

Violette in 1899

girls
#756
18 births · 1 in 12,946 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #756Violette18
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 12,946 of them was named Violette, which outranked 59.0% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Violette
  1. #728Sophronia19
  2. #728Tempie19
  3. #728Tula19
  4. #756Violette18
  5. #756Adell18
  6. #756Alfreda18
  7. #756Arizona18
  8. #791Adelina17
  9. #791Adline17
  10. #791Alline17

Tied with 34 names at #756; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →