Viola is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Viola is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,015 for girl births in the United States (and #1,940 across all names), given to 247 babies. Viola was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (4,331 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 | 247 | #1,015 | — |
| 2024 | 202 | 202 | #1,186 | — |
| 2023 | 233 | 233 | #1,069 | — |
| 2022 | 249 | 249 | #1,031 | — |
| 2021 | 210 | 210 | #1,168 | — |
| 2020 | 216 | 216 | #1,119 | — |
| 2019 | 234 | 234 | #1,078 | — |
| 2018 | 214 | 214 | #1,144 | — |
| 2017 | 212 | 212 | #1,164 | — |
| 2016 | 223 | 223 | #1,139 | — |
| 2015 | 192 | 192 | #1,274 | — |
| 2014 | 194 | 194 | #1,252 | — |
| 2013 | 181 | 181 | #1,300 | — |
| 2012 | 169 | 169 | #1,383 | — |
| 2011 | 135 | 135 | #1,611 | — |
| 2010 | 117 | 117 | #1,768 | — |
| 2009 | 116 | 116 | #1,847 | — |
| 2008 | 97 | 97 | #2,105 | — |
| 2007 | 101 | 101 | #2,033 | — |
| 2006 | 99 | 99 | #2,015 | — |
| 2005 | 61 | 61 | #2,754 | — |
| 2004 | 53 | 53 | #2,994 | — |
| 2003 | 60 | 60 | #2,672 | — |
| 2002 | 58 | 58 | #2,671 | — |
| 2001 | 44 | 44 | #3,195 | — |
| 2000 | 45 | 45 | #3,118 | — |
| 1999 | 52 | 52 | #2,700 | — |
| 1998 | 43 | 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 | 730 | — | #284 | #3,653 |
| 1947 | 813 | — | #270 | — |
| 1946 | 786 | — | #257 | #3,999 |
| 1945 | 771 | — | #242 | #3,318 |
| 1944 | 805 | — | #234 | #3,880 |
| 1943 | 893 | — | #220 | — |
| 1942 | 941 | — | #213 | — |
| 1941 | 907 | — | #202 | #3,491 |
| 1940 | 976 | — | #190 | #2,473 |
| 1939 | 991 | — | #187 | #2,283 |
| 1938 | 1,048 | — | #187 | #2,855 |
| 1937 | 1,165 | — | #175 | #3,162 |
| 1936 | 1,197 | — | #165 | #2,617 |
| 1935 | 1,325 | — | #152 | — |
| 1934 | 1,441 | — | #142 | #3,662 |
| 1933 | 1,490 | — | #138 | #2,211 |
| 1932 | 1,678 | — | #136 | #2,632 |
| 1931 | 1,843 | — | #127 | #1,639 |
| 1930 | 2,167 | — | #116 | #3,979 |
| 1929 | 2,307 | — | #109 | #1,999 |
| 1928 | 2,638 | — | #103 | #2,157 |
| 1927 | 2,779 | — | #101 | #2,903 |
| 1926 | 2,894 | — | #97 | #1,908 |
| 1925 | 3,351 | — | #84 | #2,185 |
| 1924 | 3,588 | — | #82 | #2,815 |
| 1923 | 3,546 | — | #79 | #2,607 |
| 1922 | 3,809 | — | #72 | #2,139 |
| 1921 | 4,174 | — | #66 | #2,371 |
| 1920 | 4,310 | — | #59 | #1,960 |
| 1919 | 4,143 | — | #58 | #2,259 |
| 1918 | 4,342 | — | #59 | #2,691 |
| 1917 | 4,053 | — | #59 | #2,277 |
| 1916 | 3,957 | — | #59 | #2,917 |
| 1915 | 3,866 | — | #59 | #2,452 |
| 1914 | 3,203 | — | #57 | — |
| 1913 | 2,857 | — | #52 | #1,940 |
| 1912 | 2,550 | — | #52 | — |
| 1911 | 2,088 | — | #47 | #1,986 |
| 1910 | 2,098 | — | #48 | #1,305 |
| 1909 | 1,936 | — | #46 | #1,017 |
| 1908 | 1,973 | — | #42 | #1,019 |
| 1907 | 1,805 | — | #47 | — |
| 1906 | 1,681 | — | #47 | #1,240 |
| 1905 | 1,703 | — | #44 | #1,226 |
| 1904 | 1,551 | — | #46 | #1,193 |
| 1903 | 1,501 | — | #44 | #1,123 |
| 1902 | 1,458 | — | #48 | #738 |
| 1901 | 1,336 | — | #47 | #1,202 |
| 1900 | 1,679 | — | #49 | #1,496 |
| 1899 | 1,163 | — | #50 | #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 | 614 | — | #73 | #1,116 |
| 1890 | 697 | — | #68 | — |
| 1889 | 541 | — | #76 | #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 | — |