Unisex name · since 1898
Victory
1,759 babies named Victory in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,276 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,759
- born since 1898
- 2010s
- peak decade
Victory currently ranks #4276 among unisex names in America, with 1,759 babies recorded since 1898.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Victory has been recorded 1,759 times among girls since 1898, currently ranked #4276 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #5,132 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,276 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,759 born since 1898
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Victory ranks #5,132 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,276 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,759 born since 1898, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,276 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,759
- born since 1898
- 2010s
- peak decade
Victory's 1,759 recorded births place it above 92.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Victory compares
1,759 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Victory's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Victory | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,759 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 78 | 21 | 19,840 |
Victory's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Victory splits its recorded history at 1985: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 78 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Victory popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Victory popularity over time - boys
700 total births recorded since 1918 (Victory as boys' name)
Victory by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (502 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Victory's strongest decade.
502 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Victory births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s 111
1910s
111 births
- 1920s 56
1920s
56 births
- 1940s 158
1940s
158 births
- 1950s 41
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 68
1960s
68 births
- 1970s 41
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 70
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 142
1990s
142 births
- 2000s
2000s
247 births
- 2010s
2010s
502 births
- 2020s
2020s
303 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 502 births (29% of all-time use).
How Victory 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 Victory's total volume
Victory by state
Where Victory concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 134 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 82 | 4.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 34 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.6% |
134 of 1,759 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Victory appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Victory's data
- Victory's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (502 total births) through the 2020s (303) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Victorys (134 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Victory
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Victory: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1898–2025 (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 Victory 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.