Violeta
#640 for girls in 2025, 451 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 451 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,730since 1918
Violeta over time
Rank among girls' names. Violeta has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | #640 | 451 | — | |
| 2024 | #687 | 414 | — | |
| 2023 | #655 | 450 | — | |
| 2022 | #740 | 391 | — | |
| 2021 | #889 | 304 | — | |
| 2020 | #891 | 298 | — | |
| 2019 | #892 | 299 | — | |
| 2018 | #964 | 274 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,009 | 257 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,061 | 246 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,146 | 221 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,261 | 191 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,161 | 207 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,077 | 231 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,138 | 215 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,004 | 250 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,167 | 215 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,631 | 139 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,317 | 185 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,375 | 166 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,668 | 119 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,871 | 101 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,668 | 115 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,520 | 124 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,013 | 74 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,450 | 53 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,372 | 55 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,688 | 88 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,590 | 96 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,619 | 93 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,512 | 102 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,722 | 74 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,733 | 69 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,405 | 91 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #963 | 160 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,358 | 88 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,238 | 106 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,461 | 82 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,386 | 84 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,578 | 60 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,510 | 62 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,448 | 67 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
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| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Violeta! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Violeta is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#593 · 1 in 4,569
- Texas#752 · 1 in 6,883
- New York#965 · 1 in 11,084
- Illinois#1,147 · 1 in 14,919
Best ever in a state: #262 in New Mexico, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #593 | 30 | 1 in 4,569 |
| Texas | #752 | 14 | 1 in 6,883 |
| New York | #965 | 10 | 1 in 11,084 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
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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 Violeta
- 47 spots since 2024 (#687 → #640)
- 251 spots since 2020 (#891 → #640)
- 506 spots since 2015 (#1,146 → #640)
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1985 (#1,397 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 442 spots in 1986 (#963 → #1,405)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2025 at #640 (451 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,564 girls born in 2025 were named Violeta (0.03%)
- 27.4% of all girls named Violeta (2,391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,921 (1929) | #4,113 |
| 1930s | 39 | #2,386 (1936) | #3,384 |
| 1940s | 47 | #3,176 (1949) | #4,247 |
| 1950s | 114 | #2,577 (1951) | #3,574 |
| 1960s | 217 | #2,411 (1965) | #2,725 |
| 1970s | 581 | #1,386 (1978) | #1,780 |
| 1980s | 920 | #963 (1985) | #1,451 |
| 1990s | 744 | #1,512 (1990) | #2,006 |
| 2000s | 1,308 | #1,167 (2009) | #1,665 |
| 2010s | 2,391 | #892 (2019) | #1,071 |
| 2020s | 2,308 | #640 (2025) | #750 |
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.
Violeta in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
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1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 22,705 of them was named Violeta, which outranked 85.0% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,432Ronna68
- #1,432Samara68
- #1,432Shayna68
- #1,448Violeta67
- #1,448Giovanna67
- #1,448Jammie67
- #1,448Kimber67
- #1,456Aletha66
- #1,456Alethea66
- #1,456Ashlee66
Tied with 7 names at #1,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.