Violet
Violet was given to 7,546 girls in 2025, #13 among girls’ names; 185,845 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 105,000 Americans named Violet and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 16.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Violet by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Violet mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Violet is “a female given name from English.”
A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Violet?
#13 among girls’ names, 2025
Violet rose from #50 in 2015 to #13 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.7 to 4.7 per 1,000.
7,546 babies in 2025, the peak
Violet peaked in 2025, when 7,546 girls were given it, #13 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 6,986 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,546 | #13 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 6,986 | #15 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 6,370 | #16 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 6,477 | #20 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 5,524 | #36 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 5,128 | #37 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 5,418 | #36 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 4,834 | #43 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 4,741 | #47 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 4,882 | #47 | 2.8 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4,822 | #50 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 4,193 | #67 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 3,935 | #69 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | 3,283 | #89 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 2,902 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 2,571 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 2,262 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 1,830 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 1,538 | #229 | 0.80 |
| 2006 | 1,268 | #260 | 0.67 |
| 2005 | 846 | #369 | 0.46 |
| 2004 | 482 | #584 | 0.26 |
| 2003 | 469 | #585 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 419 | #611 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 381 | #660 | 0.21 |
| 2000 | 316 | #734 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 255 | #850 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 234 | #903 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 183 | #1,048 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 161 | #1,130 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 162 | #1,096 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 159 | #1,129 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 142 | #1,225 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 143 | #1,222 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 133 | #1,265 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 127 | #1,287 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 133 | #1,216 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 133 | #1,155 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 143 | #1,074 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,149 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 142 | #1,050 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 138 | #1,034 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 141 | #1,009 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 150 | #987 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 147 | #997 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 141 | #1,025 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 119 | #1,135 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,134 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 127 | #1,044 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 113 | #1,085 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 113 | #1,054 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 132 | #945 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 132 | #932 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,064 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 143 | #916 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 140 | #925 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 138 | #902 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 141 | #864 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 152 | #810 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 210 | #671 | 0.12 |
| 1965 | 212 | #677 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 230 | #673 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 244 | #646 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 292 | #576 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 317 | #560 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 320 | #541 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 328 | #537 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 384 | #487 | 0.19 |
| 1957 | 387 | #486 | 0.19 |
| 1956 | 367 | #486 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 408 | #444 | 0.21 |
| 1954 | 450 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1953 | 422 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 427 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1951 | 461 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1950 | 519 | #343 | 0.30 |
| 1949 | 483 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1948 | 529 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1947 | 626 | #310 | 0.35 |
| 1946 | 614 | #294 | 0.39 |
| 1945 | 588 | #286 | 0.45 |
| 1944 | 636 | #275 | 0.48 |
| 1943 | 711 | #261 | 0.51 |
| 1942 | 803 | #239 | 0.59 |
| 1941 | 780 | #223 | 0.65 |
| 1940 | 783 | #217 | 0.68 |
| 1939 | 911 | #196 | 0.83 |
| 1938 | 959 | #194 | 0.87 |
| 1937 | 1,139 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 1936 | 1,153 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1935 | 1,274 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1934 | 1,370 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1933 | 1,517 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1932 | 1,692 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1931 | 1,750 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1930 | 2,098 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1929 | 2,214 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1928 | 2,322 | #113 | 2.0 |
| 1927 | 2,694 | #103 | 2.3 |
| 1926 | 2,903 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 3,032 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1924 | 3,224 | #88 | 2.6 |
| 1923 | 3,276 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1922 | 3,194 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1921 | 3,469 | #81 | 2.8 |
| 1920 | 3,694 | #77 | 3.1 |
| 1919 | 3,597 | #74 | 3.2 |
| 1918 | 3,294 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1917 | 3,026 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1916 | 2,921 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1915 | 2,752 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1914 | 2,061 | #83 | 2.7 |
| 1913 | 1,751 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1912 | 1,535 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1911 | 1,183 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1910 | 1,037 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1909 | 945 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1908 | 1,017 | #81 | 3.0 |
| 1907 | 956 | #81 | 3.0 |
| 1906 | 830 | #86 | 2.8 |
| 1905 | 831 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1904 | 755 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1903 | 636 | #93 | 2.4 |
| 1902 | 649 | #95 | 2.5 |
| 1901 | 611 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1900 | 614 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 1899 | 435 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1898 | 411 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 1897 | 411 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1896 | 354 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 316 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1894 | 286 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1893 | 254 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1892 | 238 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1891 | 188 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1890 | 183 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 155 | #183 | 0.87 |
| 1888 | 145 | #186 | 0.81 |
| 1887 | 97 | #210 | 0.66 |
| 1886 | 103 | #195 | 0.71 |
| 1885 | 92 | #196 | 0.69 |
| 1884 | 81 | #211 | 0.63 |
| 1883 | 74 | #201 | 0.66 |
| 1882 | 48 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1881 | 42 | #246 | 0.46 |
| 1880 | 42 | #239 | 0.46 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Violet a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Violet has been given almost only to girls: 284 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Violet: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Violet, and how old are they?
105,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 185,845 Americans ever recorded as Violet. The median Violet alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 16.
The 2020 Census counted 72,518 people named Violet (72,414 women and girls, 104 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 75,228 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,120 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,070 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,220 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 19,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 70,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Violet born?
The states with the most babies named Violet are California, Texas and Florida, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 883 | #18 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 767 | #17 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 360 | #29 | 0.8× |
| New York | 352 | #25 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 329 | #9 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 283 | #12 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 273 | #12 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 261 | #7 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 228 | #17 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 196 | #3 | 1.5× |
Where Violet is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Violet is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Violet with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 187,108 babies since 1880, Violet is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7,546 of their 7,662 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Violet
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Violet and names like it
- Compare Violet and ViolettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sViolet peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Violet since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Violet: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Violet.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Violet alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.