Violet is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #40 for girl births in the United States, given to 7,546 babies. Violet first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2025 (7,546 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,546 | #40 |
| 2024 | 6,991 | #51 |
| 2023 | 6,375 | #62 |
| 2022 | 6,483 | #68 |
| 2021 | 5,524 | #97 |
| 2020 | 5,128 | #103 |
| 2019 | 5,424 | #105 |
| 2018 | 4,839 | #120 |
| 2017 | 4,741 | #135 |
| 2016 | 4,882 | #135 |
| 2015 | 4,822 | #142 |
| 2014 | 4,202 | #166 |
| 2013 | 3,941 | #170 |
| 2012 | 3,283 | #203 |
| 2011 | 2,902 | #245 |
| 2010 | 2,576 | #275 |
| 2009 | 2,262 | #317 |
| 2008 | 1,830 | #397 |
| 2007 | 1,538 | #470 |
| 2006 | 1,268 | #537 |
| 2005 | 846 | #721 |
| 2004 | 482 | #1,082 |
| 2003 | 469 | #1,092 |
| 2002 | 419 | #1,140 |
| 2001 | 381 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 316 | #1,327 |
| 1999 | 255 | #1,501 |
| 1998 | 234 | #1,586 |
| 1997 | 183 | #1,821 |
| 1996 | 161 | #1,960 |
| 1995 | 162 | #1,916 |
| 1994 | 159 | #1,943 |
| 1993 | 142 | #2,072 |
| 1992 | 143 | #2,051 |
| 1991 | 133 | #2,123 |
| 1990 | 127 | #2,157 |
| 1989 | 133 | #2,037 |
| 1988 | 133 | #1,921 |
| 1987 | 143 | #1,786 |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,883 |
| 1985 | 142 | #1,736 |
| 1984 | 138 | #1,721 |
| 1983 | 141 | #1,687 |
| 1982 | 150 | #1,655 |
| 1981 | 147 | #1,662 |
| 1980 | 141 | #1,716 |
| 1979 | 119 | #1,861 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,865 |
| 1977 | 127 | #1,748 |
| 1976 | 113 | #1,816 |
| 1975 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 1974 | 132 | #1,616 |
| 1973 | 132 | #1,595 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,773 |
| 1971 | 143 | #1,578 |
| 1970 | 140 | #1,591 |
| 1969 | 138 | #1,523 |
| 1968 | 141 | #1,457 |
| 1967 | 152 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | 210 | #1,168 |
| 1965 | 212 | #1,178 |
| 1964 | 230 | #1,165 |
| 1963 | 244 | #1,133 |
| 1962 | 292 | #1,018 |
| 1961 | 317 | #990 |
| 1960 | 320 | #975 |
| 1959 | 328 | #962 |
| 1958 | 384 | #867 |
| 1957 | 387 | #867 |
| 1956 | 367 | #868 |
| 1955 | 408 | #797 |
| 1954 | 450 | #738 |
| 1953 | 422 | #760 |
| 1952 | 427 | #740 |
| 1951 | 461 | #701 |
| 1950 | 519 | #637 |
| 1949 | 483 | #664 |
| 1948 | 529 | #631 |
| 1947 | 631 | #570 |
| 1946 | 614 | #544 |
| 1945 | 588 | #511 |
| 1944 | 636 | #496 |
| 1943 | 711 | #469 |
| 1942 | 809 | #430 |
| 1941 | 785 | #409 |
| 1940 | 790 | #399 |
| 1939 | 916 | #365 |
| 1938 | 965 | #358 |
| 1937 | 1,139 | #316 |
| 1936 | 1,158 | #307 |
| 1935 | 1,280 | #289 |
| 1934 | 1,375 | #275 |
| 1933 | 1,525 | #249 |
| 1932 | 1,701 | #241 |
| 1931 | 1,760 | #235 |
| 1930 | 2,108 | #214 |
| 1929 | 2,220 | #201 |
| 1928 | 2,338 | #201 |
| 1927 | 2,704 | #181 |
| 1926 | 2,917 | #162 |
| 1925 | 3,038 | #158 |
| 1924 | 3,231 | #153 |
| 1923 | 3,284 | #146 |
| 1922 | 3,202 | #149 |
| 1921 | 3,480 | #141 |
| 1920 | 3,707 | #132 |
| 1919 | 3,607 | #124 |
| 1918 | 3,302 | #142 |
| 1917 | 3,034 | #140 |
| 1916 | 2,927 | #141 |
| 1915 | 2,760 | #142 |
| 1914 | 2,061 | #141 |
| 1913 | 1,751 | #141 |
| 1912 | 1,541 | #134 |
| 1911 | 1,183 | #119 |
| 1910 | 1,037 | #124 |
| 1909 | 945 | #122 |
| 1908 | 1,017 | #111 |
| 1907 | 956 | #110 |
| 1906 | 830 | #117 |
| 1905 | 836 | #114 |
| 1904 | 755 | #120 |
| 1903 | 636 | #129 |
| 1902 | 649 | #128 |
| 1901 | 611 | #124 |
| 1900 | 614 | #152 |
| 1899 | 435 | #160 |
| 1898 | 411 | #181 |
| 1897 | 411 | #171 |
| 1896 | 354 | #192 |
| 1895 | 316 | #206 |
| 1894 | 286 | #223 |
| 1893 | 254 | #231 |
| 1892 | 238 | #246 |
| 1891 | 188 | #262 |
| 1890 | 183 | #268 |
| 1889 | 155 | #290 |
| 1888 | 145 | #298 |
| 1887 | 97 | #340 |
| 1886 | 103 | #328 |
| 1885 | 92 | #340 |
| 1884 | 81 | #382 |
| 1883 | 74 | #366 |
| 1882 | 48 | #487 |
| 1881 | 42 | #477 |
| 1880 | 42 | #489 |