Violet
Rank in 2025
#13
recorded as girls
Up 2 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
7,546
girls 7,546
Peak year
2025
7,546 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
185,845
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Violet was most popular in 2025, when 7,546 babies recorded as girls got the name (4.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 7,546 babies were named Violet, ranking #13 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 40%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,546 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6,986 | 15 | 5 | 12349 |
| 2023 | 6,370 | 16 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 6,477 | 20 | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | 5,524 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5,128 | 37 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5,418 | 36 | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | 4,834 | 43 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 4,741 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 4,882 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 4,822 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 4,193 | 67 | 9 | 8130 |
| 2013 | 3,935 | 69 | 6 | 10728 |
| 2012 | 3,283 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,902 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,571 | 122 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | 2,262 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,830 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,538 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,268 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 846 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 482 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 469 | 584 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 419 | 610 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 381 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 316 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 255 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 234 | 899 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 183 | 1040 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 161 | 1124 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 162 | 1096 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 159 | 1129 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 142 | 1222 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 143 | 1216 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 133 | 1263 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 127 | 1279 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 133 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 133 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 143 | 1070 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 125 | 1142 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 142 | 1046 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 138 | 1028 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 141 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 150 | 985 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 147 | 991 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 141 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 119 | 1125 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 115 | 1126 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 127 | 1042 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 113 | 1078 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 113 | 1048 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 132 | 938 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 132 | 929 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 109 | 1056 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 143 | 911 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 140 | 920 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 138 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 141 | 861 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 152 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 210 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 212 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 230 | 672 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 244 | 646 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 292 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 317 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 320 | 541 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 328 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 384 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 387 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 367 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 408 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 450 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 422 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 427 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 461 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 519 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 483 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 529 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 626 | 310 | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | 614 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 588 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 636 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 711 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 803 | 239 | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | 780 | 223 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 783 | 217 | 7 | 2871 |
| 1939 | 911 | 196 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 959 | 194 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | 1,139 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 1,153 | 169 | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | 1,274 | 159 | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | 1,370 | 148 | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | 1,517 | 136 | 8 | 2738 |
| 1932 | 1,692 | 132 | 9 | 2638 |
| 1931 | 1,750 | 132 | 10 | 2471 |
| 1930 | 2,098 | 120 | 10 | 2609 |
| 1929 | 2,214 | 111 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | 2,322 | 112 | 16 | 1960 |
| 1927 | 2,694 | 103 | 10 | 2703 |
| 1926 | 2,903 | 94 | 14 | 2186 |
| 1925 | 3,032 | 92 | 6 | 3741 |
| 1924 | 3,224 | 88 | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | 3,276 | 86 | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | 3,194 | 86 | 8 | 3252 |
| 1921 | 3,469 | 81 | 11 | 2632 |
| 1920 | 3,694 | 77 | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | 3,597 | 74 | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | 3,294 | 83 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 3,026 | 84 | 8 | 2956 |
| 1916 | 2,921 | 83 | 6 | 3516 |
| 1915 | 2,752 | 82 | 8 | 2829 |
| 1914 | 2,061 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 1,751 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 1,535 | 83 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 1,183 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 1,037 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 945 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 1,017 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 956 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 830 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 831 | 82 | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | 755 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 636 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 649 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 611 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 614 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 435 | 111 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 411 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 411 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 354 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 316 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 286 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 254 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 238 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 188 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 183 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 155 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 145 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 97 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 103 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 92 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 81 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 74 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 48 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 42 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 42 | 238 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years