Viola — #1188 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Viola

The Social Security Administration has registered 132,741 babies named Viola between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Viola currently holds the #1188 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 4,331 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Viola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33,251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Viola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6,475 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Viola in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Viola in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 132,741 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.