Girls' name · since 1918
Violeta
8,730 babies named Violeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,730
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Violeta is the #640 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 8,730 recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Violeta recorded 8,730 times among girls since 1918, holding rank #640 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #1,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #640 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,730 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Violeta ranks #1,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #640 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,730 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,730
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Violeta's 8,730 recorded births place it above 97.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Violeta compares
8,730 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Violeta's all-time total is 23x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Violeta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,730 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 451 | 21 | 19,840 |
Violeta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Violeta's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 90% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 10%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 451, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Violeta popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 451
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Violeta popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Violeta as boys' name)
Violeta by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,391 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Violeta's strongest decade.
2,391 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Violeta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 56
1920s
56 births
- 1930s 39
1930s
39 births
- 1940s 47
1940s
47 births
- 1950s 114
1950s
114 births
- 1960s 217
1960s
217 births
- 1970s 581
1970s
581 births
- 1980s 920
1980s
920 births
- 1990s 744
1990s
744 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,308 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,391 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,308 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,391 births (27% of all-time use).
How Violeta 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 Violeta's total volume
Violeta by state
Where Violeta concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,654 | 30.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,880 | 21.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 496 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 358 | 4.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 349 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 230 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 120 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 116 | 1.3% |
2,654 of 8,730 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Violeta appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Violeta's data
- Violeta's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,391 total births) through the 2020s (2,308) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Violetas (2,654 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Violeta
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Violeta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Violeta 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.