Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Violet

#223 most common girls' name of all time · #423 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#223
Rank overall
#423 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
185,845
Since 2016
57,933
Peak year
2025 #13
Best rank
#13 2025
Girls Boys peak 7,546/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Violet 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7,546 — 7,546 #13
2024 6,986 5 6,991 #15
2023 6,370 5 6,375 #16
2022 6,477 6 6,483 #20
2021 5,524 — 5,524 #36
2020 5,128 — 5,128 #37
2019 5,418 6 5,424 #36
2018 4,834 5 4,839 #43
2017 4,741 — 4,741 #47
2016 4,882 — 4,882 #47
2015 4,822 — 4,822 #50
2014 4,193 9 4,202 #67
2013 3,935 6 3,941 #69
2012 3,283 — 3,283 #89
2011 2,902 — 2,902 #101
2010 2,571 5 2,576 #122
2009 2,262 — 2,262 #140
2008 1,830 — 1,830 #182
2007 1,538 — 1,538 #228
2006 1,268 — 1,268 #260
2005 846 — 846 #369
2004 482 — 482 #583
2003 469 — 469 #584
2002 419 — 419 #610
2001 381 — 381 #660
2000 316 — 316 #734
1999 255 — 255 #847
1998 234 — 234 #899
1997 183 — 183 #1,040
1996 161 — 161 #1,124
1995 162 — 162 #1,096
1994 159 — 159 #1,129
1993 142 — 142 #1,222
1992 143 — 143 #1,216
1991 133 — 133 #1,263
1990 127 — 127 #1,279
1989 133 — 133 #1,213
1988 133 — 133 #1,147
1987 143 — 143 #1,070
1986 125 — 125 #1,142
1985 142 — 142 #1,046
1984 138 — 138 #1,030
1983 141 — 141 #1,006
1982 150 — 150 #985
1981 147 — 147 #991
1980 141 — 141 #1,023
1979 119 — 119 #1,125
1978 115 — 115 #1,127
1977 127 — 127 #1,042
1976 113 — 113 #1,080
1975 113 — 113 #1,048
1974 132 — 132 #938
1973 132 — 132 #930
1972 109 — 109 #1,057
1971 143 — 143 #911
1970 140 — 140 #921
1969 138 — 138 #898
1968 141 — 141 #861
1967 152 — 152 #809
1966 210 — 210 #670
1965 212 — 212 #675
1964 230 — 230 #672
1963 244 — 244 #646
1962 292 — 292 #575
1961 317 — 317 #559
1960 320 — 320 #541
1959 328 — 328 #535
1958 384 — 384 #487
1957 387 — 387 #485
1956 367 — 367 #487
1955 408 — 408 #444
1954 450 — 450 #408
1953 422 — 422 #423
1952 427 — 427 #405
1951 461 — 461 #381
1950 519 — 519 #343
1949 483 — 483 #359
1948 529 — 529 #339
1947 626 5 631 #310
1946 614 — 614 #294
1945 588 — 588 #286
1944 636 — 636 #275
1943 711 — 711 #260
1942 803 6 809 #239
1941 780 5 785 #223
1940 783 7 790 #217
1939 911 5 916 #196
1938 959 6 965 #194
1937 1,139 — 1,139 #177
1936 1,153 5 1,158 #169
1935 1,274 6 1,280 #159
1934 1,370 5 1,375 #148
1933 1,517 8 1,525 #136
1932 1,692 9 1,701 #132
1931 1,750 10 1,760 #132
1930 2,098 10 2,108 #120
1929 2,214 6 2,220 #111
1928 2,322 16 2,338 #113
1927 2,694 10 2,704 #103
1926 2,903 14 2,917 #94
1925 3,032 6 3,038 #92
1924 3,224 7 3,231 #88
1923 3,276 8 3,284 #86
1922 3,194 8 3,202 #86
1921 3,469 11 3,480 #81
1920 3,694 13 3,707 #77
1919 3,597 10 3,607 #74
1918 3,294 8 3,302 #83
1917 3,026 8 3,034 #84
1916 2,921 6 2,927 #83
1915 2,752 8 2,760 #82
1914 2,061 — 2,061 #83
1913 1,751 — 1,751 #82
1912 1,535 6 1,541 #83
1911 1,183 — 1,183 #83
1910 1,037 — 1,037 #89
1909 945 — 945 #89
1908 1,017 — 1,017 #81
1907 956 — 956 #81
1906 830 — 830 #86
1905 831 5 836 #82
1904 755 — 755 #87
1903 636 — 636 #93
1902 649 — 649 #95
1901 611 — 611 #91
1900 614 — 614 #109
1899 435 — 435 #111
1898 411 — 411 #127
1897 411 — 411 #119
1896 354 — 354 #135
1895 316 — 316 #142
1894 286 — 286 #154
1893 254 — 254 #157
1892 238 — 238 #163
1891 188 — 188 #176
1890 183 — 183 #176
1889 155 — 155 #183
1888 145 — 145 #186
1887 97 — 97 #209
1886 103 — 103 #195
1885 92 — 92 #196
1884 81 — 81 #211
1883 74 — 74 #201
1882 48 — 48 #249
1881 42 — 42 #244
1880 42 — 42 #239