Violette
Violette was given to 298 girls in 2025, #894 among girls’ names; 6,403 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,210 Americans named Violette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 15.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Violette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Violette mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Violette is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “violet” (violette).
From violette (“violet”). Cognate with English Violet.
/vjɔ.lɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Violette?
#894 among girls’ names, 2025
Violette rose from #1,218 in 2015 to #894 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.11 to 0.19 per 1,000.
298 babies in 2025, the peak
Violette peaked in 2025, when 298 girls were given it, #894 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 271 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #894 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 271 | #965 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 262 | #981 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 235 | #1,072 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 248 | #1,027 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 260 | #982 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 254 | #1,015 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 230 | #1,092 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 203 | #1,200 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,251 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 204 | #1,218 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 187 | #1,283 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 171 | #1,370 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,917 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,908 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,940 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 103 | #2,015 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,315 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,856 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,051 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,117 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,485 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 20 | #6,042 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,721 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,804 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,556 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,689 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #7,085 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,825 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,375 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,478 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,554 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #7,024 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #7,050 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,231 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #11,375 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,317 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #9,217 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #11,272 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #8,293 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,793 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #10,244 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #9,209 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,526 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #10,355 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 5 | #11,423 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,292 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,467 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,736 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,767 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,632 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,293 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,324 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,589 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,496 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,786 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,877 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 8 | #5,019 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,385 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 6 | #6,067 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,307 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,726 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,150 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 7 | #5,019 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,891 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,370 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,226 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,867 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,329 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,418 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,375 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,394 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,478 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,724 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,662 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,414 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,120 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,442 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 16 | #2,028 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,511 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,226 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,443 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 64 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 62 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 87 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 87 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 107 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 87 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 117 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 91 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 133 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 121 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 94 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 87 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 69 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 62 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 66 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 34 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 33 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 38 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 41 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 32 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 28 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 33 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 24 | #726 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 19 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 21 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 17 | #826 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 19 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 18 | #789 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 18 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 15 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,295 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 11 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Violette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Violette has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Violette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Violette, and how old are they?
4,210 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 6,403 Americans ever recorded as Violette. The median Violette alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 15.
The 2020 Census counted 3,207 people named Violette (3,202 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,836 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 83 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 93 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 62 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 137 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 826 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,000 |
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 Violette born?
The states with the most babies named Violette are California, Texas and New York, with 38% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 45 | #699 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 29 | #1,004 | 0.7× |
| New York | 19 | #856 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 15 | #682 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 14 | #1,107 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 11 | #873 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 10 | #782 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 9 | #1,004 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #1,008 | 0.4× |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #563 | 0.8× |
Where Violette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Violette is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Violette 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 18,577 babies since 1880, Violette is the second most given (34% of them). In 2025 it was given to 298 of their 957 babies (31%), again the second 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 Violette
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 Violette and names like it
- Compare Violette and VioletaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sViolette peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Violette since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Violette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Violette.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Violette alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.