Viola
Rank in 2025
#1013
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
247
girls 247
Peak year
1908
1,964 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
133,427
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Viola was most popular in 1908, when 1,964 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 247 babies were named Viola, ranking #1013 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 | 1013 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 202 | 1184 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 233 | 1066 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 249 | 1030 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 210 | 1162 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 216 | 1118 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 234 | 1075 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 214 | 1141 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 212 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 223 | 1137 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 192 | 1266 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 194 | 1248 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 181 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 169 | 1379 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 135 | 1598 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 117 | 1762 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 116 | 1838 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 97 | 2092 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 101 | 2015 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 99 | 2003 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 61 | 2731 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 53 | 2965 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 60 | 2638 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 58 | 2642 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 44 | 3142 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 45 | 3070 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 52 | 2675 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 43 | 2973 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 44 | 2776 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 47 | 2630 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 41 | 2880 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 44 | 2752 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 50 | 2489 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 49 | 2548 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 60 | 2189 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 58 | 2201 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 63 | 1998 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 71 | 1769 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 71 | 1699 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 59 | 1890 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 64 | 1760 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 84 | 1388 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 75 | 1512 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 87 | 1399 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 84 | 1445 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 106 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 86 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 62 | 1690 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 84 | 1345 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 99 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 88 | 1269 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 117 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 113 | 1033 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 128 | 949 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 130 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 151 | 880 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 139 | 892 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 163 | 783 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 204 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 205 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 250 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 294 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 308 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 320 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 421 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 428 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 407 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 452 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 448 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 528 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 512 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 574 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 571 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 634 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 636 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 624 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 685 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 724 | 284 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 813 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 781 | 255 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 765 | 242 | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | 800 | 234 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 893 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 941 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 901 | 202 | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 966 | 190 | 10 | 2322 |
| 1939 | 980 | 187 | 11 | 2159 |
| 1938 | 1,040 | 187 | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | 1,158 | 175 | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | 1,188 | 165 | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | 1,325 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 1,435 | 141 | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | 1,478 | 138 | 12 | 2093 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | 136 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 1,823 | 127 | 20 | 1589 |
| 1930 | 2,161 | 116 | 6 | 3592 |
| 1929 | 2,291 | 109 | 16 | 1933 |
| 1928 | 2,623 | 103 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1927 | 2,769 | 101 | 10 | 2703 |
| 1926 | 2,876 | 97 | 18 | 1846 |
| 1925 | 3,336 | 84 | 15 | 2089 |
| 1924 | 3,577 | 82 | 11 | 2641 |
| 1923 | 3,534 | 79 | 12 | 2446 |
| 1922 | 3,793 | 72 | 16 | 2040 |
| 1921 | 4,160 | 66 | 14 | 2265 |
| 1920 | 4,292 | 59 | 18 | 1885 |
| 1919 | 4,129 | 58 | 14 | 2152 |
| 1918 | 4,331 | 59 | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | 4,040 | 59 | 13 | 2188 |
| 1916 | 3,948 | 59 | 9 | 2730 |
| 1915 | 3,855 | 59 | 11 | 2310 |
| 1914 | 3,203 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 2,847 | 52 | 10 | 1803 |
| 1912 | 2,550 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 2,083 | 47 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | 2,090 | 48 | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | 1,926 | 46 | 10 | 951 |
| 1908 | 1,964 | 42 | 9 | 946 |
| 1907 | 1,805 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 1,675 | 47 | 6 | 1111 |
| 1905 | 1,697 | 44 | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | 1,545 | 46 | 6 | 1064 |
| 1903 | 1,495 | 44 | 6 | 1009 |
| 1902 | 1,447 | 48 | 11 | 687 |
| 1901 | 1,331 | 47 | 5 | 1058 |
| 1900 | 1,674 | 49 | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | 1,156 | 50 | 7 | 857 |
| 1898 | 1,272 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 1,017 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 1,047 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,010 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 906 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 839 | 66 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 833 | 66 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 609 | 73 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 697 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 536 | 76 | 5 | 974 |
| 1888 | 596 | 74 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 420 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 440 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 345 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 362 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 331 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 310 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 237 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 229 | 94 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years