Violet — #15 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Violet

The Social Security Administration has registered 177,973 babies named Violet between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Violet currently holds the #15 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 6,972 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Violet performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41,568 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Violet shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,557 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Violet in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Violet 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 177,973 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.