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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #39 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 149 girlsAKMaine: #40 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 158 girlsMEVermont: #74 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 242 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #66 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 246 girlsNHWashington: #49 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 226 girlsWAIdaho: #82 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 315 girlsIDMontana: #124 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 475 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #94 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 356 girlsNDMinnesota: #74 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 325 girlsMNIllinois: #46 for girls · 336 births · 1 in 234 girlsILWisconsin: #79 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 371 girlsWIMichigan: #57 for girls · 241 births · 1 in 259 girlsMINew York: #26 for girls · 747 births · 1 in 163 girlsNYMassachusetts: #36 for girls · 229 births · 1 in 169 girlsMARhode Island: #20 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 92 girlsRIOregon: #51 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 233 girlsORNevada: #33 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 150 girlsNVWyoming: #85 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 281 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #134 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 524 girlsSDIowa: #78 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 333 girlsIAIndiana: #48 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 202 girlsINOhio: #47 for girls · 315 births · 1 in 225 girlsOHPennsylvania: #32 for girls · 419 births · 1 in 173 girlsPANew Jersey: #26 for girls · 331 births · 1 in 145 girlsNJConnecticut: #25 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 116 girlsCTCalifornia: #39 for girls · 1,214 births · 1 in 216 girlsCAUtah: #75 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 295 girlsUTColorado: #54 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 231 girlsCONebraska: #66 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 263 girlsNEMissouri: #53 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 225 girlsMOKentucky: #42 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 206 girlsKYWest Virginia: #60 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 237 girlsWVVirginia: #33 for girls · 250 births · 1 in 151 girlsVAMaryland: #31 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 142 girlsMDDelaware: #32 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 116 girlsDEArizona: #43 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 208 girlsAZNew Mexico: #10 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 88 girlsNMKansas: #57 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 249 girlsKSArkansas: #47 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 186 girlsARTennessee: #35 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 173 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #33 for girls · 251 births · 1 in 163 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #31 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 145 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 95 girlsDCOklahoma: #46 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 188 girlsOKLouisiana: #20 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 115 girlsLAMississippi: #23 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 118 girlsMSAlabama: #36 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 172 girlsALGeorgia: #26 for girls · 313 births · 1 in 136 girlsGAHawaii: #33 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 171 girlsHITexas: #21 for girls · 968 births · 1 in 142 girlsTXFlorida: #30 for girls · 480 births · 1 in 165 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#10 · 1 in 88
  2. District of Columbia#15 · 1 in 95
  3. Rhode Island#20 · 1 in 92
  4. Louisiana#20 · 1 in 115
  5. Texas#21 · 1 in 142

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#101051 in 88
District of Columbia#15491 in 95
Louisiana#202211 in 115
Rhode Island#20601 in 92
Texas#219681 in 142
Mississippi#231171 in 118
Connecticut#251651 in 116
Georgia#263131 in 136
New Jersey#263311 in 145
New York#267471 in 163
Florida#304801 in 165
Maryland#312001 in 142
South Carolina#311381 in 145
Delaware#32321 in 116
Pennsylvania#324191 in 173
Hawaii#33321 in 171
Nevada#33461 in 150
North Carolina#332511 in 163
Virginia#332501 in 151
Tennessee#351751 in 173
Alabama#361311 in 172
Massachusetts#362291 in 169
Alaska#39231 in 149
California#391,2141 in 216
Maine#40401 in 158
Kentucky#421031 in 206
Arizona#431261 in 208
Illinois#463361 in 234
Oklahoma#46931 in 188
Arkansas#47681 in 186
Ohio#473151 in 225
Indiana#481741 in 202
Washington#491371 in 226
Oregon#51721 in 233
Missouri#531461 in 225
Colorado#54901 in 231
Kansas#57561 in 249
Michigan#572411 in 259
West Virginia#60371 in 237
Nebraska#66351 in 263
New Hampshire#66271 in 246
Minnesota#74861 in 325
Vermont#74111 in 242
Utah#75461 in 295
Iowa#78481 in 333
Wisconsin#79791 in 371
Idaho#82171 in 315
Wyoming#8561 in 281
North Dakota#94101 in 356
Montana#12471 in 475
South Dakota#13471 in 524

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 1990

girls
#33
9,109 births · 1 in 208 girls
boys
#2,012
37 births · 1 in 55,515 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #33Victoria9,109

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #2,012Victoria37
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 208 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 99.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #30Hannah10,283
  2. #31Kimberly10,191
  3. #32Kelsey9,494
  4. #33Victoria9,109
  5. #34Sara8,979
  6. #35Mary8,670
  7. #36Erica8,608
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 55,515 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 78.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #1,968Stedman38
  2. #1,968Stefen38
  3. #1,968Tremain38
  4. #2,012Victoria37
  5. #2,012Amador37
  6. #2,012Angus37
  7. #2,012Anil37
  8. #2,049Antuan36
  9. #2,049Branson36
  10. #2,049Clement36

Tied with 36 names at #2,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →