Viola
#309 most common girls' name of all time · #571 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#309
Rank overall
#571 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
133,427
Since 2016
2,240
Peak year
1918 #59
Best rank
#42 1908
Girls
Boys
peak 4,342/yr
Viola is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 | — | 247 | #1,014 |
| 2024 | 202 | — | 202 | #1,184 |
| 2023 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,066 |
| 2022 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,030 |
| 2021 | 210 | — | 210 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 216 | — | 216 | #1,118 |
| 2019 | 234 | — | 234 | #1,075 |
| 2018 | 214 | — | 214 | #1,141 |
| 2017 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,160 |
| 2016 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,137 |
| 2015 | 192 | — | 192 | #1,266 |
| 2014 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,249 |
| 2013 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,292 |
| 2012 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,379 |
| 2011 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,598 |
| 2010 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,762 |
| 2009 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 97 | — | 97 | #2,092 |
| 2007 | 101 | — | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 99 | — | 99 | #2,004 |
| 2005 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,731 |
| 2004 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,965 |
| 2003 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,638 |
| 2002 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,642 |
| 2001 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,143 |
| 2000 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,071 |
| 1999 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,675 |
| 1998 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,973 |
| 1997 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,776 |
| 1996 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,630 |
| 1995 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,880 |
| 1994 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,752 |
| 1993 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,489 |
| 1992 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,548 |
| 1991 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,190 |
| 1990 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,203 |
| 1989 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,999 |
| 1988 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,770 |
| 1987 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,700 |
| 1986 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,890 |
| 1985 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,760 |
| 1984 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,388 |
| 1983 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,512 |
| 1982 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,400 |
| 1981 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,446 |
| 1980 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,420 |
| 1978 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,691 |
| 1977 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,161 |
| 1975 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,269 |
| 1974 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,033 |
| 1972 | 128 | — | 128 | #949 |
| 1971 | 130 | — | 130 | #976 |
| 1970 | 151 | — | 151 | #880 |
| 1969 | 139 | — | 139 | #892 |
| 1968 | 163 | — | 163 | #783 |
| 1967 | 204 | — | 204 | #678 |
| 1966 | 205 | — | 205 | #680 |
| 1965 | 250 | — | 250 | #616 |
| 1964 | 294 | — | 294 | #575 |
| 1963 | 308 | — | 308 | #554 |
| 1962 | 320 | — | 320 | #548 |
| 1961 | 421 | — | 421 | #475 |
| 1960 | 428 | — | 428 | #473 |
| 1959 | 407 | — | 407 | #481 |
| 1958 | 452 | — | 452 | #448 |
| 1957 | 448 | — | 448 | #444 |
| 1956 | 528 | — | 528 | #389 |
| 1955 | 512 | — | 512 | #387 |
| 1954 | 574 | — | 574 | #361 |
| 1953 | 571 | — | 571 | #356 |
| 1952 | 634 | — | 634 | #322 |
| 1951 | 636 | — | 636 | #313 |
| 1950 | 624 | — | 624 | #311 |
| 1949 | 685 | — | 685 | #296 |
| 1948 | 724 | 6 | 730 | #284 |
| 1947 | 813 | — | 813 | #269 |
| 1946 | 781 | 5 | 786 | #255 |
| 1945 | 765 | 6 | 771 | #242 |
| 1944 | 800 | 5 | 805 | #234 |
| 1943 | 893 | — | 893 | #220 |
| 1942 | 941 | — | 941 | #213 |
| 1941 | 901 | 6 | 907 | #202 |
| 1940 | 966 | 10 | 976 | #190 |
| 1939 | 980 | 11 | 991 | #187 |
| 1938 | 1,040 | 8 | 1,048 | #187 |
| 1937 | 1,158 | 7 | 1,165 | #175 |
| 1936 | 1,188 | 9 | 1,197 | #165 |
| 1935 | 1,325 | — | 1,325 | #152 |
| 1934 | 1,435 | 6 | 1,441 | #142 |
| 1933 | 1,478 | 12 | 1,490 | #138 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | 10 | 1,678 | #136 |
| 1931 | 1,823 | 20 | 1,843 | #127 |
| 1930 | 2,161 | 6 | 2,167 | #116 |
| 1929 | 2,291 | 16 | 2,307 | #109 |
| 1928 | 2,623 | 15 | 2,638 | #103 |
| 1927 | 2,769 | 10 | 2,779 | #101 |
| 1926 | 2,876 | 18 | 2,894 | #97 |
| 1925 | 3,336 | 15 | 3,351 | #84 |
| 1924 | 3,577 | 11 | 3,588 | #82 |
| 1923 | 3,534 | 12 | 3,546 | #79 |
| 1922 | 3,793 | 16 | 3,809 | #72 |
| 1921 | 4,160 | 14 | 4,174 | #66 |
| 1920 | 4,292 | 18 | 4,310 | #59 |
| 1919 | 4,129 | 14 | 4,143 | #58 |
| 1918 | 4,331 | 11 | 4,342 | #59 |
| 1917 | 4,040 | 13 | 4,053 | #59 |
| 1916 | 3,948 | 9 | 3,957 | #59 |
| 1915 | 3,855 | 11 | 3,866 | #59 |
| 1914 | 3,203 | — | 3,203 | #57 |
| 1913 | 2,847 | 10 | 2,857 | #52 |
| 1912 | 2,550 | — | 2,550 | #52 |
| 1911 | 2,083 | 5 | 2,088 | #47 |
| 1910 | 2,090 | 8 | 2,098 | #48 |
| 1909 | 1,926 | 10 | 1,936 | #46 |
| 1908 | 1,964 | 9 | 1,973 | #42 |
| 1907 | 1,805 | — | 1,805 | #47 |
| 1906 | 1,675 | 6 | 1,681 | #47 |
| 1905 | 1,697 | 6 | 1,703 | #44 |
| 1904 | 1,545 | 6 | 1,551 | #46 |
| 1903 | 1,495 | 6 | 1,501 | #44 |
| 1902 | 1,447 | 11 | 1,458 | #48 |
| 1901 | 1,331 | 5 | 1,336 | #47 |
| 1900 | 1,674 | 5 | 1,679 | #49 |
| 1899 | 1,156 | 7 | 1,163 | #50 |
| 1898 | 1,272 | — | 1,272 | #53 |
| 1897 | 1,017 | — | 1,017 | #58 |
| 1896 | 1,047 | — | 1,047 | #62 |
| 1895 | 1,010 | — | 1,010 | #63 |
| 1894 | 906 | — | 906 | #65 |
| 1893 | 839 | — | 839 | #66 |
| 1892 | 833 | — | 833 | #66 |
| 1891 | 609 | 5 | 614 | #73 |
| 1890 | 697 | — | 697 | #68 |
| 1889 | 536 | 5 | 541 | #76 |
| 1888 | 596 | — | 596 | #74 |
| 1887 | 420 | — | 420 | #80 |
| 1886 | 440 | — | 440 | #77 |
| 1885 | 345 | — | 345 | #88 |
| 1884 | 362 | — | 362 | #82 |
| 1883 | 331 | — | 331 | #83 |
| 1882 | 310 | — | 310 | #83 |
| 1881 | 237 | — | 237 | #92 |
| 1880 | 229 | — | 229 | #94 |