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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #16, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #36 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 134 girlsAKMaine: #45 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 172 girlsMEVermont: #42 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 139 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #39 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 141 girlsNHWashington: #37 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 193 girlsWAIdaho: #41 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 169 girlsIDMontana: #43 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 165 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #64 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 225 girlsNDMinnesota: #59 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 262 girlsMNIllinois: #31 for girls · 439 births · 1 in 177 girlsILWisconsin: #63 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 266 girlsWIMichigan: #38 for girls · 313 births · 1 in 193 girlsMINew York: #23 for girls · 840 births · 1 in 142 girlsNYMassachusetts: #26 for girls · 262 births · 1 in 139 girlsMARhode Island: #25 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 110 girlsRIOregon: #55 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 213 girlsORNevada: #49 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 187 girlsNVWyoming: #31 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 113 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #88 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 325 girlsSDIowa: #73 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 287 girlsIAIndiana: #44 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 209 girlsINOhio: #42 for girls · 355 births · 1 in 198 girlsOHPennsylvania: #24 for girls · 526 births · 1 in 135 girlsPANew Jersey: #21 for girls · 419 births · 1 in 111 girlsNJConnecticut: #24 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 108 girlsCTCalifornia: #32 for girls · 1,343 births · 1 in 195 girlsCAUtah: #76 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 309 girlsUTColorado: #34 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 159 girlsCONebraska: #103 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 404 girlsNEMissouri: #33 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 157 girlsMOKentucky: #34 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 172 girlsKYWest Virginia: #37 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 172 girlsWVVirginia: #23 for girls · 351 births · 1 in 105 girlsVAMaryland: #23 for girls · 234 births · 1 in 118 girlsMDDelaware: #19 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 83 girlsDEArizona: #27 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 142 girlsAZNew Mexico: #11 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 95 girlsNMKansas: #43 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 178 girlsKSArkansas: #31 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 131 girlsARTennessee: #27 for girls · 233 births · 1 in 131 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #24 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 126 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #21 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 101 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 130 girlsDCOklahoma: #28 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 147 girlsOKLouisiana: #15 for girls · 226 births · 1 in 111 girlsLAMississippi: #24 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 117 girlsMSAlabama: #26 for girls · 193 births · 1 in 114 girlsALGeorgia: #22 for girls · 371 births · 1 in 113 girlsGAHawaii: #26 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 129 girlsHITexas: #13 for girls · 1,155 births · 1 in 118 girlsTXFlorida: #26 for girls · 613 births · 1 in 125 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#11 · 1 in 95
  2. Texas#13 · 1 in 118
  3. Louisiana#15 · 1 in 111
  4. Delaware#19 · 1 in 83
  5. South Carolina#21 · 1 in 101

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#11991 in 95
Texas#131,1551 in 118
Louisiana#152261 in 111
Delaware#19451 in 83
New Jersey#214191 in 111
South Carolina#211901 in 101
Georgia#223711 in 113
Maryland#232341 in 118
New York#238401 in 142
Virginia#233511 in 105
Connecticut#241721 in 108
Mississippi#241151 in 117
North Carolina#243171 in 126
Pennsylvania#245261 in 135
Rhode Island#25481 in 110
Alabama#261931 in 114
District of Columbia#26451 in 130
Florida#266131 in 125
Hawaii#26391 in 129
Massachusetts#262621 in 139
Arizona#271821 in 142
Tennessee#272331 in 131
Oklahoma#281161 in 147
Arkansas#31921 in 131
Illinois#314391 in 177
Wyoming#31151 in 113
California#321,3431 in 195
Missouri#332071 in 157
Colorado#341311 in 159
Kentucky#341251 in 172
Alaska#36251 in 134
Washington#371601 in 193
West Virginia#37511 in 172
Michigan#383131 in 193
New Hampshire#39431 in 141
Idaho#41321 in 169
Ohio#423551 in 198
Vermont#42181 in 139
Kansas#43751 in 178
Montana#43211 in 165
Indiana#441671 in 209
Maine#45351 in 172
Nevada#49381 in 187
Oregon#55791 in 213
Minnesota#591051 in 262
Wisconsin#631071 in 266
North Dakota#64151 in 225
Iowa#73541 in 287
Utah#76431 in 309
South Dakota#88111 in 325
Nebraska#103221 in 404

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 1991

girls
#28
10,912 births · 1 in 172 girls
boys
#2,095
35 births · 1 in 57,724 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #28Victoria10,912

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #2,095Victoria35
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 172 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 99.8% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #25Katherine11,495
  2. #26Kelsey11,435
  3. #27Tiffany11,155
  4. #28Victoria10,912
  5. #29Hannah10,769
  6. #30Alyssa10,678
  7. #31Christina10,564
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 57,724 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 78.3% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #2,052Tyrelle36
  2. #2,052Yancy36
  3. #2,052Zachari36
  4. #2,095Victoria35
  5. #2,095Ace35
  6. #2,095Alston35
  7. #2,095Amado35
  8. #2,143Andrae34
  9. #2,143Anil34
  10. #2,143Arun34

Tied with 47 names at #2,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →