Violet

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Violet is ranked 15th among girls in 2024 (6,972 births). Its best rank was 15th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #15up 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6,9720.43% of girls
Peak year: 20246,972 births
Best rank: #15in 2024
Since 1880: 177,973people given the name

Babies named Violet, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

177,973 girls have been named Violet in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 6,972 births — 0.43% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 2010s alone account for 23%. It has spent 123 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 39 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Violet
1880s	879
1890s	3,076
1900s	7,844
1910s	23,157
1920s	30,022
1930s	13,863
1940s	6,553
1950s	4,152
1960s	2,256
1970s	1,244
1980s	1,394
1990s	1,699
2000s	9,810
2010s	41,568
2020s	30,456

In 2024, its biggest year

Violet was the 15th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Violet

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.