Girls' name · since 1886
Violette
6,403 babies named Violette in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #893 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,403
- born since 1886
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Violette is the #893 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,403 recorded since 1886.
Social Security Administration records show Violette recorded 6,403 times among girls since 1886, holding rank #893 nationally today, ahead of 95% 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 1886 to 2025.
- #2,200 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #893 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,403 born since 1886
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Violette ranks #2,200 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #893 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,403 born since 1886, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #893 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,403
- born since 1886
- 2010s
- peak decade
Violette's 6,403 recorded births place it above 96.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Violette compares
6,403 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Violette's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Violette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,403 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 298 | 21 | 19,840 |
Violette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Violette's full recorded timeline at 1953, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 298 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Violette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 298
- Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
Violette by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,758 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Violette's strongest decade.
1,758 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Violette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 17
1880s
17 births
- 1890s 97
1890s
97 births
- 1900s 272
1900s
272 births
- 1910s
1910s
790 births
- 1920s
1920s
730 births
- 1930s 247
1930s
247 births
- 1940s 93
1940s
93 births
- 1950s 84
1950s
84 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 51
1970s
51 births
- 1980s 74
1980s
74 births
- 1990s 114
1990s
114 births
- 2000s 480
2000s
480 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,758 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,574 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,758 births (27% of all-time use).
How Violette 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 Violette's total volume
Violette by state
Where Violette concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 789 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 350 | 5.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 273 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 261 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 177 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 141 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 136 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 116 | 1.8% |
789 of 6,403 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Violette appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Violette's data
- Violette's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,758 total births) through the 2020s (1,574) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Violettes (789 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.
Keep exploring Violette
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Violette
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Violette: 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 (~139 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, 1886–2025 (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 Violette 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.