Viola
#1,013 for girls in 2025, 247 births · Last seen for boys in 1948 at #3,316
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 1,964 births
- Debut · girls
- 229 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 47 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 132,993since 1880
Viola over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,013 | 247 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,184 | 202 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,066 | 233 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,030 | 249 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,162 | 210 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,118 | 216 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,075 | 234 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,141 | 214 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,160 | 212 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,137 | 223 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,266 | 192 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,248 | 194 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,292 | 181 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,379 | 169 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,762 | 117 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,838 | 116 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,092 | 97 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,015 | 101 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,003 | 99 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,731 | 61 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,965 | 53 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,489 | 50 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,548 | 49 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,388 | 84 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,512 | 75 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,445 | 84 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,238 | 106 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,420 | 86 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,345 | 84 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,160 | 99 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,269 | 88 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,023 | 117 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,033 | 113 | — | |
| 1972 | #949 | 128 | — | |
| 1971 | #976 | 130 | — | |
| 1970 | #880 | 151 | — | |
| 1969 | #892 | 139 | — | |
| 1968 | #783 | 163 | — | |
| 1967 | #678 | 204 | — | |
| 1966 | #680 | 205 | — | |
| 1965 | #616 | 250 | — | |
| 1964 | #575 | 294 | — | |
| 1963 | #554 | 308 | — | |
| 1962 | #548 | 320 | — | |
| 1961 | #475 | 421 | — | |
| 1960 | #472 | 428 | — | |
| 1959 | #481 | 407 | — | |
| 1958 | #448 | 452 | — | |
| 1957 | #444 | 448 | — | |
| 1956 | #389 | 528 | — | |
| 1955 | #387 | 512 | — | |
| 1954 | #361 | 574 | — | |
| 1953 | #356 | 571 | — | |
| 1952 | #322 | 634 | — | |
| 1951 | #313 | 636 | — | |
| 1950 | #311 | 624 | — | |
| 1949 | #296 | 685 | — | |
| 1948 | #284 | 724 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #269 | 813 | — | |
| 1946 | #255 | 781 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #242 | 765 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #234 | 800 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #220 | 893 | — | |
| 1942 | #213 | 941 | — | |
| 1941 | #202 | 901 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #190 | 966 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #187 | 980 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #187 | 1,040 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #175 | 1,158 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #165 | 1,188 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #152 | 1,325 | — | |
| 1934 | #141 | 1,435 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #138 | 1,478 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #136 | 1,668 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #127 | 1,823 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #116 | 2,161 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #109 | 2,291 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #103 | 2,623 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #101 | 2,769 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #97 | 2,876 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #84 | 3,336 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #82 | 3,577 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #79 | 3,534 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #72 | 3,793 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #66 | 4,160 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #59 | 4,292 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #58 | 4,129 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #59 | 4,331 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #59 | 4,040 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #59 | 3,948 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #59 | 3,855 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #57 | 3,203 | — | |
| 1913 | #52 | 2,847 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #52 | 2,550 | — | |
| 1911 | #47 | 2,083 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #48 | 2,090 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #46 | 1,926 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #42 | 1,964 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #47 | 1,805 | — | |
| 1906 | #47 | 1,675 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #44 | 1,697 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #46 | 1,545 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #44 | 1,495 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #48 | 1,447 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #47 | 1,331 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #49 | 1,674 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #50 | 1,156 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #53 | 1,272 | — | |
| 1897 | #58 | 1,017 | — | |
| 1896 | #61 | 1,047 | — | |
| 1895 | #63 | 1,010 | — | |
| 1894 | #65 | 906 | — | |
| 1893 | #66 | 839 | — | |
| 1892 | #66 | 833 | — | |
| 1891 | #73 | 609 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #68 | 697 | — | |
| 1889 | #76 | 536 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #74 | 596 | — | |
| 1887 | #80 | 420 | — | |
| 1886 | #77 | 440 | — | |
| 1885 | #88 | 345 | — | |
| 1884 | #82 | 362 | — | |
| 1883 | #83 | 331 | — | |
| 1882 | #83 | 310 | — | |
| 1881 | #92 | 237 | — | |
| 1880 | #94 | 229 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Viola was already there! It came in at #94, and was given to 229 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990–2005, when fewer than 62 girls a year got the name.
Where Viola is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#22 · 1 in 127
- North Dakota#40 · 1 in 134
- Colorado#49 · 1 in 213
- Idaho#52 · 1 in 203
- South Dakota#61 · 1 in 235
Best ever in a state: #10 in South Dakota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #22 | 36 | 1 in 127 |
| North Dakota | #40 | 44 | 1 in 134 |
| Colorado | #49 | 39 | 1 in 213 |
| Idaho | #52 | 17 | 1 in 203 |
| South Dakota | #61 | 24 | 1 in 235 |
| Wyoming | #67 | 7 | 1 in 216 |
| Virginia | #75 | 85 | 1 in 283 |
| Nebraska | #81 | 32 | 1 in 341 |
| Florida | #83 | 38 | 1 in 318 |
| Louisiana | #83 | 68 | 1 in 311 |
| Wisconsin | #85 | 62 | 1 in 389 |
| Iowa | #86 | 53 | 1 in 354 |
| Montana | #87 | 12 | 1 in 311 |
| South Carolina | #87 | 59 | 1 in 336 |
| Oregon | #88 | 15 | 1 in 349 |
| Kansas | #91 | 37 | 1 in 383 |
| Maryland | #92 | 32 | 1 in 392 |
| Washington | #93 | 26 | 1 in 364 |
| Connecticut | #97 | 25 | 1 in 453 |
| Alabama | #99 | 77 | 1 in 389 |
| Oklahoma | #101 | 57 | 1 in 417 |
| Indiana | #102 | 52 | 1 in 483 |
| Ohio | #102 | 103 | 1 in 506 |
| Minnesota | #103 | 43 | 1 in 455 |
| Maine | #104 | 15 | 1 in 429 |
| Missouri | #108 | 58 | 1 in 482 |
| Illinois | #112 | 100 | 1 in 572 |
| Michigan | #112 | 69 | 1 in 609 |
| Rhode Island | #113 | 9 | 1 in 535 |
| North Carolina | #115 | 79 | 1 in 449 |
| New Jersey | #117 | 46 | 1 in 639 |
| Vermont | #117 | 5 | 1 in 508 |
| Kentucky | #118 | 57 | 1 in 479 |
| Massachusetts | #121 | 44 | 1 in 720 |
| West Virginia | #121 | 40 | 1 in 459 |
| Pennsylvania | #123 | 128 | 1 in 641 |
| Georgia | #124 | 56 | 1 in 542 |
| Arkansas | #127 | 38 | 1 in 499 |
| Mississippi | #128 | 42 | 1 in 526 |
| Texas | #134 | 99 | 1 in 601 |
| New York | #143 | 126 | 1 in 761 |
| Tennessee | #149 | 39 | 1 in 689 |
| California | #169 | 45 | 1 in 828 |
| Arizona | #171 | 7 | 1 in 626 |
| Utah | #202 | 5 | 1 in 956 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
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 Viola
- 171 spots since 2024 (#1,184 → #1,013)
- 105 spots since 2020 (#1,118 → #1,013)
- 253 spots since 2015 (#1,266 → #1,013)
- Biggest jump: 27 spots in 1972 (#976 → #949)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 1969 (#783 → #892)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1908 at #42 (1,964 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1880–1926
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 170 girls born in 1908 were named Viola (0.59%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,507 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 25.0% of all girls named Viola (33,251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,806 | #74 (1888) | #83 |
| 1890s | 9,386 | #50 (1899) | #62 |
| 1900s | 16,559 | #42 (1908) | #46 |
| 1910s | 33,076 | #47 (1911) | #55 |
| 1920s | 33,251 | #59 (1920) | #85 |
| 1930s | 14,256 | #116 (1930) | #152 |
| 1940s | 8,269 | #190 (1940) | #241 |
| 1950s | 5,386 | #311 (1950) | #381 |
| 1960s | 2,732 | #472 (1960) | #627 |
| 1970s | 1,058 | #880 (1970) | #1,175 |
| 1980s | 764 | #1,238 (1980) | #1,610 |
| 1990s | 488 | #2,189 (1991) | #2,611 |
| 2000s | 734 | #1,838 (2009) | #2,514 |
| 2010s | 1,871 | #1,075 (2019) | #1,306 |
| 2020s | 1,357 | #1,013 (2025) | #1,096 |
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.
Viola in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
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More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 521 of them was named Viola, which outranked 97.8% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Viola, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).