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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #14 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 84 girlsAKMaine: #22 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 107 girlsMEVermont: #33 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 112 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #37 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 136 girlsNHWashington: #25 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 157 girlsWAIdaho: #31 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 142 girlsIDMontana: #34 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 139 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #48 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 163 girlsNDMinnesota: #40 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 191 girlsMNIllinois: #34 for girls · 380 births · 1 in 184 girlsILWisconsin: #58 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 250 girlsWIMichigan: #30 for girls · 302 births · 1 in 170 girlsMINew York: #11 for girls · 880 births · 1 in 113 girlsNYMassachusetts: #18 for girls · 295 births · 1 in 106 girlsMARhode Island: #6 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 55 girlsRIOregon: #26 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 152 girlsORNevada: #18 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 128 girlsNVWyoming: #20 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 80 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #57 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 203 girlsSDIowa: #47 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 212 girlsIAIndiana: #27 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 152 girlsINOhio: #31 for girls · 366 births · 1 in 168 girlsOHPennsylvania: #23 for girls · 468 births · 1 in 124 girlsPANew Jersey: #12 for girls · 434 births · 1 in 96 girlsNJConnecticut: #19 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 96 girlsCTCalifornia: #16 for girls · 1,471 births · 1 in 149 girlsCAUtah: #54 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 255 girlsUTColorado: #24 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 152 girlsCONebraska: #69 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 276 girlsNEMissouri: #33 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 169 girlsMOKentucky: #27 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 120 girlsKYWest Virginia: #29 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 119 girlsWVVirginia: #17 for girls · 292 births · 1 in 118 girlsVAMaryland: #27 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 135 girlsMDDelaware: #22 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 97 girlsDEArizona: #10 for girls · 291 births · 1 in 105 girlsAZNew Mexico: #6 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 83 girlsNMKansas: #27 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 147 girlsKSArkansas: #17 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 107 girlsARTennessee: #24 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 116 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #23 for girls · 326 births · 1 in 130 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #18 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 109 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #22 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 110 girlsDCOklahoma: #24 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 141 girlsOKLouisiana: #6 for girls · 285 births · 1 in 77 girlsLAMississippi: #17 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 103 girlsMSAlabama: #17 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 101 girlsALGeorgia: #20 for girls · 355 births · 1 in 129 girlsGAHawaii: #23 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 129 girlsHITexas: #6 for girls · 1,514 births · 1 in 97 girlsTXFlorida: #8 for girls · 800 births · 1 in 93 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#6 · 1 in 55
  2. Louisiana#6 · 1 in 77
  3. New Mexico#6 · 1 in 83
  4. Texas#6 · 1 in 97
  5. Florida#8 · 1 in 93

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#62851 in 77
New Mexico#6981 in 83
Rhode Island#6751 in 55
Texas#61,5141 in 97
Florida#88001 in 93
Arizona#102911 in 105
New York#118801 in 113
New Jersey#124341 in 96
Alaska#14281 in 84
California#161,4711 in 149
Alabama#172081 in 101
Arkansas#171101 in 107
Mississippi#171151 in 103
Virginia#172921 in 118
Massachusetts#182951 in 106
Nevada#18721 in 128
South Carolina#181551 in 109
Connecticut#191591 in 96
Georgia#203551 in 129
Wyoming#20151 in 80
Delaware#22321 in 97
District of Columbia#22311 in 110
Maine#22411 in 107
Hawaii#23271 in 129
North Carolina#233261 in 130
Pennsylvania#234681 in 124
Colorado#241521 in 152
Oklahoma#241181 in 141
Tennessee#242641 in 116
Washington#251861 in 157
Oregon#261071 in 152
Indiana#272191 in 152
Kansas#27891 in 147
Kentucky#271671 in 120
Maryland#271781 in 135
West Virginia#29611 in 119
Michigan#303021 in 170
Idaho#31421 in 142
Ohio#313661 in 168
Missouri#331731 in 169
Vermont#33161 in 112
Illinois#343801 in 184
Montana#34201 in 139
New Hampshire#37351 in 136
Minnesota#401311 in 191
Iowa#47651 in 212
North Dakota#48161 in 163
Utah#54651 in 255
South Dakota#57151 in 203
Wisconsin#581011 in 250
Nebraska#69291 in 276

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 1999

girls
#16
11,874 births · 1 in 149 girls
boys
#4,537
15 births · 1 in 128,010 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #16Victoria11,874

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #4,537Victoria15
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 149 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 99.9% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #13Kayla13,292
  2. #14Brianna12,419
  3. #15Megan12,230
  4. #16Victoria11,874
  5. #17Emma11,751
  6. #18Abigail11,686
  7. #19Rachel11,632
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 128,010 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 60.9% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #4,341Yousif16
  2. #4,341Zakariah16
  3. #4,341Zubair16
  4. #4,537Victoria15
  5. #4,537Able15
  6. #4,537Adams15
  7. #4,537Ade15
  8. #4,762Abdulmalik14
  9. #4,762Abrahim14
  10. #4,762Adal14

Tied with 224 names at #4,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →