Violette
#893 for girls in 2025, 298 births
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,403since 1886
Violette over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Violette has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #893 | 298 |
| 2024 | #961 | 271 |
| 2023 | #981 | 262 |
| 2022 | #1,069 | 235 |
| 2021 | #1,024 | 248 |
| 2020 | #981 | 260 |
| 2019 | #1,010 | 254 |
| 2018 | #1,090 | 230 |
| 2017 | #1,198 | 203 |
| 2016 | #1,241 | 196 |
| 2015 | #1,215 | 204 |
| 2014 | #1,281 | 187 |
| 2013 | #1,362 | 171 |
| 2012 | #1,911 | 104 |
| 2011 | #1,898 | 105 |
| 2010 | #1,928 | 104 |
| 2009 | #2,005 | 103 |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #952 | 62 |
| 1925 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1924 | #797 | 87 |
| 1923 | #782 | 87 |
| 1922 | #705 | 107 |
| 1921 | #784 | 87 |
| 1920 | #671 | 117 |
| 1919 | #735 | 91 |
| 1918 | #612 | 133 |
| 1917 | #621 | 121 |
| 1916 | #709 | 94 |
| 1915 | #718 | 87 |
| 1914 | #692 | 69 |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 |
| 1912 | #603 | 66 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 |
| 1909 | #638 | 38 |
| 1908 | #583 | 41 |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five girls were named Violette! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Violette is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Minnesota#206 · 1 in 1,526
- Wisconsin#334 · 1 in 3,801
- Michigan#378 · 1 in 4,839
- Illinois#490 · 1 in 7,119
- Pennsylvania#638 · 1 in 18,637
Best ever in a state: #128 in New Hampshire, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #206 | 14 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Wisconsin | #334 | 6 | 1 in 3,801 |
| Michigan | #378 | 7 | 1 in 4,839 |
| Illinois | #490 | 8 | 1 in 7,119 |
| Pennsylvania | #638 | 5 | 1 in 18,637 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 68 spots since 2024 (#961 → #893)
- 88 spots since 2020 (#981 → #893)
- 322 spots since 2015 (#1,215 → #893)
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1898 (#1,167 → #790)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1928 (#935 → #1,271)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1908 at #583 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1898–1924
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,394
- Highest: 1 in 5,394 girls born in 2025 were named Violette (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #583 in 1908, was only 1 in 8,154 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 27.5% of all girls named Violette (1,758) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #1,036 (1887) | #1,097 |
| 1890s | 97 | #756 (1899) | #1,052 |
| 1900s | 272 | #583 (1908) | #710 |
| 1910s | 790 | #603 (1912) | #683 |
| 1920s | 730 | #671 (1920) | #934 |
| 1930s | 247 | #1,117 (1930) | #1,638 |
| 1940s | 93 | #2,287 (1944) | #3,084 |
| 1950s | 84 | #3,019 (1954) | #4,327 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,296 (1963) | #6,292 |
| 1970s | 51 | #5,984 (1975) | #8,272 |
| 1980s | 74 | #4,344 (1981) | #8,177 |
| 1990s | 114 | #6,064 (1996) | #7,767 |
| 2000s | 480 | #2,005 (2009) | #3,978 |
| 2010s | 1,758 | #1,010 (2019) | #1,413 |
| 2020s | 1,574 | #893 (2025) | #985 |
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.
Violette in 1919
girls
#735
91 births · 1 in 12,419 girls
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 12,419 of them was named Violette, which outranked 86.8% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).