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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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 1935

  • 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: #162 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 788 girlsNDMinnesota: #274 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,762 girlsMNIllinois: #337 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,879 girlsILWisconsin: #215 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,887 girlsWIMichigan: #162 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,118 girlsMINew York: #171 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 1,090 girlsNYMassachusetts: #152 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,204 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedRIOregon: 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: #322 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,791 girlsINOhio: #316 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,814 girlsOHPennsylvania: #185 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,350 girlsPANew Jersey: #159 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,067 girlsNJConnecticut: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,350 girlsCTCalifornia: #167 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 852 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedUTColorado: #160 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 798 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedNEMissouri: #391 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,390 girlsMOKentucky: #304 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,418 girlsKYWest Virginia: #337 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,070 girlsWVVirginia: #317 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,860 girlsVAMaryland: #189 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,443 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedDEArizona: #104 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 353 girlsAZNew Mexico: #115 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 429 girlsNMKansas: #280 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,137 girlsKSArkansas: #316 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #333 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,326 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #203 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,206 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #424 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,661 girlsOKLouisiana: #202 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 894 girlsLAMississippi: #409 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,677 girlsMSAlabama: #339 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,926 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Victoria, so not publishedGAHawaii: #135 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 503 girlsHITexas: #161 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 718 girlsTXFlorida: #212 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#104 · 1 in 353
  2. New Mexico#115 · 1 in 429
  3. Hawaii#135 · 1 in 503
  4. Massachusetts#152 · 1 in 1,204
  5. New Jersey#159 · 1 in 1,067

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#104111 in 353
New Mexico#115121 in 429
Hawaii#13561 in 503
Massachusetts#152231 in 1,204
New Jersey#159221 in 1,067
Colorado#160101 in 798
Texas#161791 in 718
Michigan#162341 in 1,118
North Dakota#16271 in 788
California#167411 in 852
New York#171761 in 1,090
Connecticut#17871 in 1,350
Pennsylvania#185531 in 1,350
Maryland#18981 in 1,443
Louisiana#202231 in 894
South Carolina#203171 in 1,206
Florida#212111 in 1,134
Wisconsin#215121 in 1,887
Minnesota#27471 in 2,762
Kansas#28061 in 2,137
Kentucky#304111 in 2,418
Arkansas#31691 in 2,106
Ohio#316121 in 3,814
Virginia#31781 in 2,860
Indiana#32261 in 3,791
North Carolina#333111 in 3,326
Illinois#337131 in 3,879
West Virginia#33761 in 3,070
Alabama#339101 in 2,926
Missouri#39161 in 4,390
Mississippi#40961 in 3,677
Oklahoma#42461 in 3,661
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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 1935

girls
#256
603 births · 1 in 1,739 girls
boys
#2,719
8 births · 1 in 130,169 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #256Victoria603

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #2,719Victoria8
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 1,739 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 94.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #253Imogene614
  2. #253Reba614
  3. #255Amelia604
  4. #256Victoria603
  5. #257Myra595
  6. #258Sallie588
  7. #259Nettie585
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 130,169 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,146 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. #2,529Whit9
  2. #2,529Wirt9
  3. #2,529Worthy9
  4. #2,719Victoria8
  5. #2,719Abie8
  6. #2,719Abron8
  7. #2,719Alen8
  8. #2,951Abdul7
  9. #2,951Acey7
  10. #2,951Achille7

Tied with 231 names at #2,719; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →