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.

Violette

#2,138 most common girls' name of all time · #3,630 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among girls
#2,138
Rank overall
#3,630 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
6,403
Since 2016
2,457
Peak year
2025 #893
Best rank
#592 1908
Girls Boys peak 298/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Violette first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 298 — 298 #893
2024 271 — 271 #961
2023 262 — 262 #982
2022 235 — 235 #1,069
2021 248 — 248 #1,026
2020 260 — 260 #981
2019 254 — 254 #1,011
2018 230 — 230 #1,090
2017 203 — 203 #1,198
2016 196 — 196 #1,245
2015 204 — 204 #1,215
2014 187 — 187 #1,281
2013 171 — 171 #1,363
2012 104 — 104 #1,911
2011 105 — 105 #1,899
2010 104 — 104 #1,930
2009 103 — 103 #2,005
2008 85 — 85 #2,299
2007 64 — 64 #2,827
2006 56 — 56 #3,019
2005 51 — 51 #3,085
2004 31 — 31 #4,397
2003 20 — 20 #5,808
2002 36 — 36 #3,658
2001 20 — 20 #5,584
2000 14 — 14 #7,180
1999 13 — 13 #7,268
1998 14 — 14 #6,741
1997 14 — 14 #6,522
1996 15 — 15 #6,086
1995 8 — 8 #9,584
1994 9 — 9 #8,841
1993 13 — 13 #6,647
1992 13 — 13 #6,682
1991 8 — 8 #9,380
1990 7 — 7 #10,249
1989 6 — 6 #10,906
1988 8 — 8 #8,433
1987 6 — 6 #9,901
1985 8 — 8 #7,609
1984 10 — 10 #6,337
1983 6 — 6 #9,085
1982 7 — 7 #8,287
1981 17 — 17 #4,360
1980 6 — 6 #9,163
1978 5 — 5 #9,839
1977 5 — 5 #9,748
1976 5 — 5 #9,390
1975 9 — 9 #6,017
1974 6 — 6 #7,738
1973 5 — 5 #8,505
1972 5 — 5 #8,377
1971 6 — 6 #7,449
1970 5 — 5 #8,092
1966 5 — 5 #6,640
1965 5 — 5 #6,613
1964 5 — 5 #6,840
1963 7 — 7 #5,374
1959 8 — 8 #4,679
1958 7 — 7 #4,953
1957 6 — 6 #5,441
1956 7 — 7 #4,892
1955 8 — 8 #4,429
1954 14 — 14 #3,044
1953 7 — 7 #4,637
1952 7 — 7 #4,540
1951 8 — 8 #4,062
1950 12 — 12 #3,100
1948 9 — 9 #3,633
1947 8 — 8 #4,058
1946 10 — 10 #3,263
1945 9 — 9 #3,180
1944 15 — 15 #2,318
1943 9 — 9 #3,299
1942 8 — 8 #3,497
1941 12 — 12 #2,565
1940 13 — 13 #2,339
1939 16 — 16 #2,065
1938 16 — 16 #2,045
1937 13 — 13 #2,358
1936 16 — 16 #1,974
1935 24 — 24 #1,518
1934 27 — 27 #1,420
1933 25 — 25 #1,483
1932 30 — 30 #1,362
1931 36 — 36 #1,213
1930 44 — 44 #1,122
1929 29 — 29 #1,433
1928 36 — 36 #1,279
1927 64 — 64 #944
1926 62 — 62 #956
1925 54 — 54 #1,030
1924 87 — 87 #802
1923 87 — 87 #783
1922 107 — 107 #705
1921 87 — 87 #787
1920 117 — 117 #674
1919 91 — 91 #737
1918 133 — 133 #614
1917 121 — 121 #622
1916 94 — 94 #711
1915 87 — 87 #719
1914 69 — 69 #698
1913 62 — 62 #665
1912 66 — 66 #607
1911 34 — 34 #750
1910 33 — 33 #749
1909 38 — 38 #643
1908 41 — 41 #592
1907 32 — 32 #678
1906 28 — 28 #703
1905 33 — 33 #618
1904 24 — 24 #726
1903 19 — 19 #809
1902 21 — 21 #770
1901 17 — 17 #822
1900 19 — 19 #877
1899 18 — 18 #785
1898 18 — 18 #816
1897 8 — 8 #1,230
1896 15 — 15 #869
1895 8 — 8 #1,272
1894 6 — 6 #1,427
1893 5 — 5 #1,531
1892 8 — 8 #1,157
1891 11 — 11 #889
1889 6 — 6 #1,246
1887 6 — 6 #1,128
1886 5 — 5 #1,281