NameTides

Viola

Viola was the #1,013 girls' name in the US in 2025 (247 babies), and #1,051 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Viola as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Viola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Viola as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,013 (247)#1,051 (32)——#966 (28)
2024#1,184 (202)#918 (39)——#1,053 (25)
2023#1,066 (233)#813 (44)——#987 (26)
2022#1,030 (249)#1,058 (32)——#722 (38)
2021#1,162 (210)#1,224 (27)——#877 (32)
2020#1,118 (216)#894 (40)——#761 (37)
2019#1,075 (234)#1,153 (29)—#871 (3)#895 (30)
2018#1,141 (214)#815 (46)#502 (6)#734 (4)#1,031 (25)
2017#1,160 (212)#899 (42)——#836 (33)
2016#1,137 (223)#1,086 (32)——#1,075 (24)
2015#1,266 (192)#1,279 (26)——#910 (29)
2014#1,248 (194)#1,094 (32)——#1,005 (26)
2013#1,292 (181)#1,433 (22)——#1,165 (21)
2012#1,379 (169)#1,387 (23)—#768 (4)#999 (26)
2011#1,598 (135)#1,374 (22)——#1,154 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1908 at #42.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Viola is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 8,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Viola by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Viola (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Viola (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ViolaCanadaGirls#96628
ViolaEngland & WalesGirls#1,05132
ViolaIrelandGirls—too few
ViolaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ViolaScotlandGirls—too few
ViolaUSGirls#1,013247
ViolaUSBoys—too few