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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #20 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 111 girlsAKMaine: #31 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 119 girlsMEVermont: #40 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 120 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #23 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 96 girlsNHWashington: #27 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 145 girlsWAIdaho: #56 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 192 girlsIDMontana: #49 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 165 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #63 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 190 girlsNDMinnesota: #44 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 179 girlsMNIllinois: #25 for girls · 481 births · 1 in 154 girlsILWisconsin: #58 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 241 girlsWIMichigan: #31 for girls · 361 births · 1 in 150 girlsMINew York: #14 for girls · 956 births · 1 in 116 girlsNYMassachusetts: #12 for girls · 381 births · 1 in 89 girlsMARhode Island: #8 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 50 girlsRIOregon: #36 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 176 girlsORNevada: #32 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 155 girlsNVWyoming: #36 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 114 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #61 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 193 girlsSDIowa: #58 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 220 girlsIAIndiana: #27 for girls · 249 births · 1 in 132 girlsINOhio: #26 for girls · 459 births · 1 in 141 girlsOHPennsylvania: #18 for girls · 626 births · 1 in 104 girlsPANew Jersey: #15 for girls · 448 births · 1 in 98 girlsNJConnecticut: #20 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 96 girlsCTCalifornia: #23 for girls · 1,455 births · 1 in 167 girlsCAUtah: #53 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 217 girlsUTColorado: #23 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 131 girlsCONebraska: #41 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 156 girlsNEMissouri: #32 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 151 girlsMOKentucky: #24 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 115 girlsKYWest Virginia: #23 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 108 girlsWVVirginia: #15 for girls · 372 births · 1 in 95 girlsVAMaryland: #20 for girls · 234 births · 1 in 108 girlsMDDelaware: #11 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 61 girlsDEArizona: #25 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 145 girlsAZNew Mexico: #6 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 85 girlsNMKansas: #29 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 138 girlsKSArkansas: #26 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 127 girlsARTennessee: #20 for girls · 278 births · 1 in 105 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #16 for girls · 407 births · 1 in 94 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #13 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 79 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 101 girlsDCOklahoma: #24 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 130 girlsOKLouisiana: #7 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 71 girlsLAMississippi: #16 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 89 girlsMSAlabama: #19 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 98 girlsALGeorgia: #18 for girls · 398 births · 1 in 102 girlsGAHawaii: #27 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 126 girlsHITexas: #12 for girls · 1,343 births · 1 in 101 girlsTXFlorida: #13 for girls · 750 births · 1 in 99 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#6 · 1 in 85
  2. Louisiana#7 · 1 in 71
  3. Rhode Island#8 · 1 in 50
  4. Delaware#11 · 1 in 61
  5. Massachusetts#12 · 1 in 89

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#61041 in 85
Louisiana#73171 in 71
Rhode Island#8961 in 50
Delaware#11551 in 61
Massachusetts#123811 in 89
Texas#121,3431 in 101
Florida#137501 in 99
South Carolina#132111 in 79
New York#149561 in 116
New Jersey#154481 in 98
Virginia#153721 in 95
Mississippi#161371 in 89
North Carolina#164071 in 94
District of Columbia#17461 in 101
Georgia#183981 in 102
Pennsylvania#186261 in 104
Alabama#192151 in 98
Alaska#20251 in 111
Connecticut#201781 in 96
Maryland#202341 in 108
Tennessee#202781 in 105
California#231,4551 in 167
Colorado#231541 in 131
New Hampshire#23551 in 96
West Virginia#23731 in 108
Kentucky#241741 in 115
Oklahoma#241251 in 130
Arizona#251861 in 145
Illinois#254811 in 154
Arkansas#26901 in 127
Ohio#264591 in 141
Hawaii#27371 in 126
Indiana#272491 in 132
Washington#271991 in 145
Kansas#29931 in 138
Maine#31431 in 119
Michigan#313611 in 150
Missouri#321971 in 151
Nevada#32501 in 155
Oregon#36911 in 176
Wyoming#36131 in 114
Vermont#40191 in 120
Nebraska#41521 in 156
Minnesota#441431 in 179
Montana#49191 in 165
Utah#53641 in 217
Idaho#56281 in 192
Iowa#58651 in 220
Wisconsin#581091 in 241
South Dakota#61171 in 193
North Dakota#63161 in 190

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 1994

girls
#19
12,694 births · 1 in 141 girls
boys
#3,030
23 births · 1 in 84,001 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #19Victoria12,694

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #3,030Victoria23
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 141 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 99.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #16Hannah14,494
  2. #17Jennifer14,001
  3. #18Alexis13,039
  4. #19Victoria12,694
  5. #20Danielle12,455
  6. #21Amber12,343
  7. #22Courtney12,020
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 84,001 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 70.4% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #2,951Unique24
  2. #2,951Wesly24
  3. #2,951Yobani24
  4. #3,030Victoria23
  5. #3,030Abdulrahman23
  6. #3,030Alanmichael23
  7. #3,030Aleczander23
  8. #3,109Andrzej22
  9. #3,109Anil22
  10. #3,109Antron22

Tied with 78 names at #3,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →