Victoria

#54 for girls in 2025, 4,027 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 12,148 births
Debut · girls
93 births
In top 100 · girls
62 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
527,915
since 1880

Victoria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #16, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#544,027—
2024#484,281#8,3129
2023#454,454—
2022#434,782—
2021#434,713#10,7996
2020#345,303#8,7398
2019#256,380#12,1455
2018#217,134#9,6707
2017#197,314#7,54610
2016#217,329—
2015#207,630#10,6446
2014#198,012#8,1309
2013#257,215#9,6557
2012#286,871#8,1589
2011#236,896#10,8086
2010#326,236#8,8038
2009#316,371#7,23611
2008#277,127#12,5535
2007#297,435#12,3675
2006#277,653#8,7328
2005#287,961#4,82417
2004#288,279#2,56942
2003#229,251#5,27114
2002#219,785#7,6438
2001#2110,179#6,44510
2000#2010,926#4,20418
1999#1611,874#4,53715
1998#1612,148#4,01917
1997#1911,795#3,73818
1996#1811,859#3,40620
1995#2012,252#2,92324
1994#1912,694#3,03023
1993#1912,925#2,29533
1992#2211,907#2,83424
1991#2810,912#2,09535
1990#339,109#2,01237
1989#447,637#1,47656
1988#427,283#2,14629
1987#506,255#2,16927
1986#545,676#1,66238
1985#595,426#1,97529
1984#595,076#2,70617
1983#585,046#1,95527
1982#654,255#2,42620
1981#873,689#2,77916
1980#1032,929#3,09814
1979#1192,674—
1978#1212,457#3,21512
1977#1072,702#3,8369
1976#923,036#3,7249
1975#1052,713#2,45017
1974#1042,844#3,12011
1973#953,070#2,40516
1972#993,206#2,32316
1971#973,722#4,3756
1970#854,460#1,88922
1969#834,390#2,30814
1968#824,286#2,10915
1967#933,664#2,24213
1966#1033,362#1,75719
1965#1083,480#1,98716
1964#1293,157#2,54611
1963#1303,246#2,11515
1962#1213,705#2,50411
1961#1144,149#2,70610
1960#1144,294#3,0778
1959#1134,153#1,97417
1958#1094,466#3,2757
1957#885,328#2,01916
1956#855,388#2,62810
1955#825,359#2,55810
1954#854,978#3,4526
1953#825,164#3,4256
1952#745,603#3,0957
1951#814,907#3,0667
1950#943,781#3,6815
1949#963,669#3,0197
1948#1083,131#3,3166
1947#1232,739#3,0967
1946#1222,388#2,6908
1945#1062,670#2,00912
1944#1391,815#3,1096
1943#1641,467—
1942#1701,372#2,9407
1941#216814—
1940#243687—
1939#241675—
1938#260588#3,5345
1937#252629#2,4799
1936#269507—
1935#256603#2,7198
1934#259585#3,6795
1933#249600#2,5429
1932#258592#2,8498
1931#228712#3,0957
1930#228713#3,5926
1929#216825#2,31712
1928#217833#2,38712
1927#205959#4,2105
1926#200963—
1925#1961,046—
1924#1941,102—
1923#1901,150#2,9509
1922#1861,145#2,80110
1921#1791,238#3,8696
1920#1731,286—
1919#1541,429#3,7366
1918#1341,758#3,7286
1917#1581,334#3,9815
1916#1501,340#3,1777
1915#1511,266—
1914#1451,026—
1913#147825—
1912#150711—
1911#160503—
1910#142574—
1909#160426—
1908#156435—
1907#159400—
1906#159362—
1905#163343—
1904#167320—
1903#156330—
1902#151339—
1901#142346—
1900#148391—
1899#156289—
1898#171276—
1897#180234—
1896#158281—
1895#160269—
1894#163251—
1893#168223—
1892#165229—
1891#164204—
1890#158223—
1889#167175—
1888#152207—
1887#155157—
1886#150162—
1885#141163—
1884#158124—
1883#159110—
1882#136132—
1881#134117—
1880#14893—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Victoria was already there! It came in at #148, and was given to 93 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.

Where Victoria is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #185 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsNDMinnesota: #339 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,802 girlsMNIllinois: #214 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,705 girlsILWisconsin: #265 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,769 girlsWIMichigan: #237 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsMINew York: #158 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 974 girlsNYMassachusetts: #254 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,097 girlsMARhode Island: #141 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 824 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedIAIndiana: #350 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,485 girlsINOhio: #253 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,645 girlsOHPennsylvania: #197 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,546 girlsPANew Jersey: #208 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,819 girlsNJConnecticut: #122 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 710 girlsCTCalifornia: #140 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 684 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedUTColorado: #201 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,128 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedNEMissouri: #280 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,252 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #310 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,615 girlsWVVirginia: #353 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,827 girlsVAMaryland: #231 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,916 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedDEArizona: #131 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 461 girlsAZNew Mexico: #120 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 448 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedKSArkansas: #430 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,753 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #378 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,050 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #175 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 904 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #173 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 768 girlsLAMississippi: #408 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,558 girlsMSAlabama: #336 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,934 girlsALGeorgia: #334 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,030 girlsGAHawaii: #96 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 332 girlsHITexas: #147 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 628 girlsTXFlorida: #233 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,297 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#96 · 1 in 332
  2. New Mexico#120 · 1 in 448
  3. Connecticut#122 · 1 in 710
  4. Arizona#131 · 1 in 461
  5. California#140 · 1 in 684

Best ever in a state: #4 in Rhode Island, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#9691 in 332
New Mexico#120111 in 448
Connecticut#122131 in 710
Arizona#13181 in 461
California#140501 in 684
Rhode Island#14151 in 824
Texas#147911 in 628
New York#158851 in 974
Louisiana#173271 in 768
South Carolina#175231 in 904
North Dakota#18551 in 1,130
Pennsylvania#197461 in 1,546
Colorado#20171 in 1,128
New Jersey#208131 in 1,819
Illinois#214291 in 1,705
Maryland#23161 in 1,916
Florida#23391 in 1,297
Michigan#237171 in 2,153
Ohio#253171 in 2,645
Massachusetts#25491 in 3,097
Wisconsin#26581 in 2,769
Missouri#280121 in 2,252
West Virginia#31071 in 2,615
Georgia#334101 in 3,030
Alabama#336101 in 2,934
Minnesota#33951 in 3,802
Indiana#35051 in 4,485
Virginia#35361 in 3,827
North Carolina#37891 in 4,050
Mississippi#40861 in 3,558
Arkansas#43051 in 3,753
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Victoria
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#48 → #54)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#34 → #54)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#20 → #54)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1942 (#216 → #170)
  • Biggest drop: 30 spots in 1932 (#228 → #258)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #16 (12,148 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1981–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 140
  • Highest: 1 in 140 girls born in 1993 were named Victoria (0.71%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
  • Its best rank, #16 in 1998, was only 1 in 145 (0.69%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Victoria (117,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,440#134 (1881)#150
1890s2,479#156 (1899)#164
1900s3,692#142 (1901)#156
1910s10,766#134 (1918)#149
1920s10,547#173 (1920)#196
1930s6,204#228 (1930)#250
1940s20,752#96 (1949)#149
1950s49,127#74 (1952)#89
1960s37,733#82 (1968)#108
1970s30,884#85 (1970)#102
1980s53,272#42 (1988)#62
1990s117,475#16 (1998)#21
2000s84,967#20 (2000)#25
2010s71,017#19 (2014)#23
2020s27,560#34 (2020)#45

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Victoria in 1934

girls
#259
585 births · 1 in 1,785 girls
boys
#3,679
5 births · 1 in 206,519 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #259Victoria585

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #3,679Victoria5
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,785 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 94.8% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #256Frankie590
  2. #256Ollie590
  3. #258Karen588
  4. #259Victoria585
  5. #260Estelle581
  6. #261Dorthy577
  7. #262Ina571
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 206,519 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #3,277Zachariah6
  2. #3,277Zander6
  3. #3,277Zeno6
  4. #3,679Victoria5
  5. #3,679Abb5
  6. #3,679Acencion5
  7. #3,679Achille5

Tied with 526 names at #3,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →