Girls' name · since 1880
Victoria
Victoria has 527,915 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #59 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #54 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527,915
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Victoria currently ranks #54 among girls' names in America, with 527,915 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Victoria recorded 527,915 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #54 nationally today, ahead of 99.7% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #59 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #54 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 527,915 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Victoria ranks #59 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #54 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 527,915 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #59 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #54 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527,915
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Victoria's 527,915 recorded births place it above 99.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Victoria compares
527,915 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Victoria's all-time total is 1,404x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Victoria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 527,915 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12,925 | 21 | 19,840 |
Victoria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Victoria splits its recorded history at 1953: 87% of all births land in the more recent half, 13% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (93 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 12,925 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Victoria popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 12,925
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Victoria popularity over time - boys
1,276 total births recorded since 1916 (Victoria as boys' name)
Victoria by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (117,475 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Victoria's strongest decade.
117,475 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Victoria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,440
1880s
1,440 births
- 1890s 2,479
1890s
2,479 births
- 1900s 3,692
1900s
3,692 births
- 1910s 10,766
1910s
10,766 births
- 1920s 10,547
1920s
10,547 births
- 1930s 6,204
1930s
6,204 births
- 1940s 20,752
1940s
20,752 births
- 1950s
1950s
49,127 births
- 1960s 37,733
1960s
37,733 births
- 1970s 30,884
1970s
30,884 births
- 1980s
1980s
53,272 births
- 1990s
1990s
117,475 births
- 2000s
2000s
84,967 births
- 2010s
2010s
71,017 births
- 2020s 27,560
2020s
27,560 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 117,475 births (22% of all-time use).
How Victoria compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Victoria's total volume
Victoria by state
Where Victoria concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 71,416 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 53,396 | 10.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 44,401 | 8.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 28,576 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 25,024 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 24,292 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 19,848 | 3.8% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 19,004 | 3.6% |
71,416 of 527,915 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Victoria appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Victoria's data
- Victoria's decade-level peak was the 1990s (117,475 total births); usage has since declined to 27,560 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Victorias (71,416 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Victoria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Victoria draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.