Violet Girl
How popular is Violet?
#13 girl name in 2025
7,546 baby girls were named Violet in the US in 2025, making it the 13th most popular girl name.
Violet popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #13 for girls (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,546 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #50 in 2015, #37 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (7,546 girls) |
| Highest rank | #13 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Violet counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Violet family of names ranked #19 for girls in 2025 (#23 the year before), with 7,953 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Violet is most popular
Babies named Violet per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 16.9 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- Wyoming: 12.0 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Alaska: 11.7 per 1,000 (101 girls)
- Maine: 10.9 per 1,000 (169 girls)
- Rhode Island: 10.8 per 1,000 (135 girls)
Violet by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 879 | #183 |
| 1890s | 3,076 | #111 |
| 1900s | 7,844 | #81 |
| 1910s | 23,157 | #74 |
| 1920s | 30,022 | #77 |
| 1930s | 13,863 | #120 |
| 1940s | 6,553 | #217 |
| 1950s | 4,153 | #343 |
| 1960s | 2,256 | #541 |
| 1970s | 1,243 | #911 |
| 1980s | 1,393 | #985 |
| 1990s | 1,699 | #846 |
| 2000s | 9,811 | #140 |
| 2010s | 41,581 | #36 |
| 2020s | 38,031 | #13 |
Girl names about as popular as Violet
Questions
- Is Violet a boy or girl name?
- Violet is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Violet were girls.
- How popular is the name Violet?
- 7,546 baby girls were named Violet in the US in 2025, making it the 13th most popular girl name.
- When was Violet most popular?
- Violet peaked in 2025, when 7,546 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #13 in 2025.
- How many people are named Violet?
- 185,845 babies have been named Violet in the US since 1880. We estimate about 107,591 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Violet most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Violet was most common in Vermont, at 16.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.