Meaning not yet researched.
Viola: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 247 in 2025. Its best rank was #42 in 1908.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #42 in 1908; #1,015 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Viola in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,015 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1908, at #42.
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Viola: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 247 girls in 2025. Peak: #42 in 1908 · most girls in one year: 4,331 (1918).
In 2025, 247 US girls were named Viola, making it the 1,015th most common girls’ name of the year, up 171 places from #1,186 in 2024. That is 45 more than the 202 girls named Viola in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #42, reached in 1908. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,331, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,274 in 2015 and #311 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Viola in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 229 babies with the name. In all, 133,427 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 33,396 babies named Viola.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,240 US girls were named Viola; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 249. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,507 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Viola ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #387 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Violet (185,845 babies since 1880), Violeta (8,735 babies since 1880), Violetta (3,308 babies since 1880) and Veola (1,843 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Vella, Vela and Villa are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ola and Vi.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian and Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Vella (2,283), Vela (1,082), Villa (749), Vila (536), Vyla (207), Violanda (105), Vyola (37), Viella (10), Veyla (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 9 | #387 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | #586 | #674 |
| Michigan | 14 | #587 | #1,000 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #594 | #551 |
| Kansas | 5 | #687 | #736 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #696 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #723 | #1,018 |
| Indiana | 8 | #806 | — |
| Ohio | 10 | #956 | #1,270 |
| Maryland | 5 | #988 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #1,036 | #763 |
| Colorado | 5 | #1,041 | #869 |
| New York | 14 | #1,084 | #1,210 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,204 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,269 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,298 | — |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,343 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,393 | #1,627 |
| Texas | 17 | #1,458 | #1,707 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,539 | #2,390 |
| California | 15 | #1,571 | #1,379 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 | #1,015 | — | — |
| 2024 | 202 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 2023 | 233 | #1,069 | — | — |
| 2022 | 249 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,168 | — | — |
| 2020 | 216 | #1,119 | — | — |
| 2019 | 234 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 2018 | 214 | #1,144 | — | — |
| 2017 | 212 | #1,164 | — | — |
| 2016 | 223 | #1,139 | — | — |
| 2015 | 192 | #1,274 | — | — |
| 2014 | 194 | #1,252 | — | — |
| 2013 | 181 | #1,300 | — | — |
| 2012 | 169 | #1,383 | — | — |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,611 | — | — |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,768 | — | — |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,847 | — | — |
| 2008 | 97 | #2,105 | — | — |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,033 | — | — |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,015 | — | — |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,754 | — | — |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,994 | — | — |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,672 | — | — |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,671 | — | — |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,195 | — | — |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,118 | — | — |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,700 | — | — |
| 1998 | 43 | #3,010 | — | — |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,819 | — | — |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,671 | — | — |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,930 | — | — |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,796 | — | — |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,532 | — | — |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,575 | — | — |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,214 | — | — |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,233 | — | — |
| 1989 | 63 | #2,026 | — | — |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,787 | — | — |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,719 | — | — |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,909 | — | — |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,782 | — | — |
| 1984 | 84 | #1,396 | — | — |
| 1983 | 75 | #1,521 | — | — |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,415 | — | — |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 1980 | 106 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,430 | — | — |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,706 | — | — |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,357 | — | — |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,166 | — | — |
| 1975 | 88 | #1,276 | — | — |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 1973 | 113 | #1,037 | — | — |
| 1972 | 128 | #957 | — | — |
| 1971 | 130 | #979 | — | — |
| 1970 | 151 | #883 | — | — |
| 1969 | 139 | #896 | — | — |
| 1968 | 163 | #788 | — | — |
| 1967 | 204 | #679 | — | — |
| 1966 | 205 | #682 | — | — |
| 1965 | 250 | #617 | — | — |
| 1964 | 294 | #576 | — | — |
| 1963 | 308 | #556 | — | — |
| 1962 | 320 | #548 | — | — |
| 1961 | 421 | #475 | — | — |
| 1960 | 428 | #474 | — | — |
| 1959 | 407 | #481 | — | — |
| 1958 | 452 | #448 | — | — |
| 1957 | 448 | #444 | — | — |
| 1956 | 528 | #390 | — | — |
| 1955 | 512 | #387 | — | — |
| 1954 | 574 | #362 | — | — |
| 1953 | 571 | #357 | — | — |
| 1952 | 634 | #322 | — | — |
| 1951 | 636 | #313 | — | — |
| 1950 | 624 | #311 | — | — |
| 1949 | 685 | #296 | — | — |
| 1948 | 724 | #284 | 6 | #3,653 |
| 1947 | 813 | #270 | — | — |
| 1946 | 781 | #257 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1945 | 765 | #242 | 6 | #3,318 |
| 1944 | 800 | #234 | 5 | #3,880 |
| 1943 | 893 | #220 | — | — |
| 1942 | 941 | #213 | — | — |
| 1941 | 901 | #202 | 6 | #3,491 |
| 1940 | 966 | #190 | 10 | #2,473 |
| 1939 | 980 | #187 | 11 | #2,283 |
| 1938 | 1,040 | #187 | 8 | #2,855 |
| 1937 | 1,158 | #175 | 7 | #3,162 |
| 1936 | 1,188 | #165 | 9 | #2,617 |
| 1935 | 1,325 | #152 | — | — |
| 1934 | 1,435 | #142 | 6 | #3,662 |
| 1933 | 1,478 | #138 | 12 | #2,211 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | #136 | 10 | #2,632 |
| 1931 | 1,823 | #127 | 20 | #1,639 |
| 1930 | 2,161 | #116 | 6 | #3,979 |
| 1929 | 2,291 | #109 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1928 | 2,623 | #103 | 15 | #2,157 |
| 1927 | 2,769 | #101 | 10 | #2,903 |
| 1926 | 2,876 | #97 | 18 | #1,908 |
| 1925 | 3,336 | #84 | 15 | #2,185 |
| 1924 | 3,577 | #82 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1923 | 3,534 | #79 | 12 | #2,607 |
| 1922 | 3,793 | #72 | 16 | #2,139 |
| 1921 | 4,160 | #66 | 14 | #2,371 |
| 1920 | 4,292 | #59 | 18 | #1,960 |
| 1919 | 4,129 | #58 | 14 | #2,259 |
| 1918 | 4,331 | #59 | 11 | #2,691 |
| 1917 | 4,040 | #59 | 13 | #2,277 |
| 1916 | 3,948 | #59 | 9 | #2,917 |
| 1915 | 3,855 | #59 | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1914 | 3,203 | #57 | — | — |
| 1913 | 2,847 | #52 | 10 | #1,940 |
| 1912 | 2,550 | #52 | — | — |
| 1911 | 2,083 | #47 | 5 | #1,986 |
| 1910 | 2,090 | #48 | 8 | #1,305 |
| 1909 | 1,926 | #46 | 10 | #1,017 |
| 1908 | 1,964 | #42 | 9 | #1,019 |
| 1907 | 1,805 | #47 | — | — |
| 1906 | 1,675 | #47 | 6 | #1,240 |
| 1905 | 1,697 | #44 | 6 | #1,226 |
| 1904 | 1,545 | #46 | 6 | #1,193 |
| 1903 | 1,495 | #44 | 6 | #1,123 |
| 1902 | 1,447 | #48 | 11 | #738 |
| 1901 | 1,331 | #47 | 5 | #1,202 |
| 1900 | 1,674 | #49 | 5 | #1,496 |
| 1899 | 1,156 | #50 | 7 | #927 |
| 1898 | 1,272 | #53 | — | — |
| 1897 | 1,017 | #58 | — | — |
| 1896 | 1,047 | #62 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,010 | #63 | — | — |
| 1894 | 906 | #65 | — | — |
| 1893 | 839 | #66 | — | — |
| 1892 | 833 | #66 | — | — |
| 1891 | 609 | #73 | 5 | #1,116 |
| 1890 | 697 | #68 | — | — |
| 1889 | 536 | #76 | 5 | #1,104 |
| 1888 | 596 | #74 | — | — |
| 1887 | 420 | #80 | — | — |
| 1886 | 440 | #77 | — | — |
| 1885 | 345 | #88 | — | — |
| 1884 | 362 | #82 | — | — |
| 1883 | 331 | #83 | — | — |
| 1882 | 310 | #83 | — | — |
| 1881 | 237 | #92 | — | — |
| 1880 | 229 | #94 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).