Violeta — #686 US girls' name
8,276 babies named Violeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Violeta was born in this single decade.
450 babies were named Violeta in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Violeta
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,276 babies named Violeta between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Violeta currently holds the #686 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 450 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Violeta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,390 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Violeta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,549 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Violeta in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Violeta 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 8,276 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.
Violeta at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Violeta popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (2023)
- 450
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #686 among girls.
8,276 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 450 births in a single year.
Violeta popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Violeta as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Violeta accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Violeta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,390 births that decade — 29% of Violeta's all-time total
Violeta decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,390 births
- Runner-up 1,856 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Violeta's strongest decade
2,390 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Violeta by state
Where Violeta concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,549 | 30.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,755 | 21.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 475 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 335 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 334 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 212 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 111 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Washington | | 103 | 1.2% |
2,549 of 8,276 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.8% of nationwide
- Texas 21.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Violeta appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.