Victoria Name Popularity

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How popular is Victoria?

In 2018 the very popular name Victoria, ranked the 21st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 50 most popular, Victoria has been a top 500 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #16 for the first time in 1998 and as recently as 1999.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1993 with 12,923 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Victoria was 93 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Victoria occurred roughly during the years 1880-1888, 1897-1900, 1904-1918, 1938-1952, and 1978-1993, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1923-1926, 1960-1963, 1970-1974, 1999-2004, and 2006-2009.

Victoria's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Victoria for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Victoria?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Victoria is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Victoria (Girl)		Victoria (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		7,089	21	7	10,623
2017		7,292	19	10	8,075
2016		7,310	21	< 5	--
2015		7,609	20	6	11,980
2014		7,996	19	9	8,733
2013		7,204	25	7	10,648
2012		6,861	28	9	8,818
2011		6,887	23	6	12,186
2010		6,227	32	8	9,623
2009		6,361	31	11	7,654
2008		7,119	27	5	14,483
2007		7,431	29	5	14,281
2006		7,649	27	8	9,527
2005		7,956	28	17	5,016
2004		8,276	28	42	2,595
2003		9,244	22	14	5,536
2002		9,784	21	8	8,405
2001		10,180	21	10	6,908
2000		10,925	20	18	4,373
1999		11,871	16	15	4,746
1998		12,147	16	17	4,188
1997		11,791	19	18	3,869
1996		11,858	18	20	3,544
1995		12,251	20	24	3,013
1994		12,690	19	23	3,103
1993		12,923	19	33	2,343
1992		11,906	22	24	2,906
1991		10,915	28	35	2,139
1990		9,107	33	37	2,044
1989		7,637	44	56	1,490
1988		7,280	42	29	2,195
1987		6,255	50	27	2,208
1986		5,673	54	38	1,692
1985		5,426	59	29	2,015
1984		5,079	59	17	2,818
1983		5,047	58	27	2,012
1982		4,253	66	20	2,512
1981		3,689	87	16	2,884
1980		2,925	104	14	3,249
1979		2,673	119	< 5	--
1978		2,456	121	12	3,390
1977		2,701	107	9	4,151
1976		3,039	92	9	3,998
1975		2,713	105	17	2,535
1974		2,846	104	11	3,311
1973		3,071	95	16	2,506
1972		3,206	99	16	2,416
1971		3,721	98	6	4,891
1970		4,459	85	22	1,939
1969		4,390	83	14	2,413
1968		4,285	82	15	2,191
1967		3,662	93	13	2,341
1966		3,362	103	19	1,814
1965		3,477	108	16	2,077
1964		3,157	129	11	2,656
1963		3,244	130	15	2,197
1962		3,710	121	11	2,664
1961		4,145	114	10	2,885
1960		4,297	114	8	3,330
1959		4,150	113	17	2,036
1958		4,466	109	7	3,545
1957		5,327	89	16	2,088
1956		5,386	85	10	2,785
1955		5,357	82	10	2,753
1954		4,979	85	6	3,805
1953		5,163	82	6	3,782
1952		5,604	74	7	3,360
1951		4,905	81	7	3,347
1950		3,782	94	5	4,167
1949		3,669	96	7	3,285
1948		3,131	108	6	3,652
1947		2,739	123	7	3,361
1946		2,388	122	8	2,909
1945		2,670	106	12	2,122
1944		1,814	139	6	3,414
1943		1,468	163	< 5	--
1942		1,372	170	7	3,202
1941		814	216	< 5	--
1940		687	243	< 5	--
1939		675	241	< 5	--
1938		588	260	5	4,010
1937		628	252	9	2,670
1936		508	269	< 5	--
1935		603	256	8	2,930
1934		584	259	5	4,177
1933		600	250	9	2,727
1932		592	258	8	3,081
1931		712	228	7	3,379
1930		713	228	6	3,977
1929		825	216	12	2,448
1928		833	217	12	2,519
1927		959	206	5	4,765
1926		963	200	< 5	--
1925		1,045	196	< 5	--
1924		1,104	194	< 5	--
1923		1,149	191	9	3,163
1922		1,145	186	10	3,003
1921		1,238	179	6	4,296
1920		1,286	173	< 5	--
1919		1,429	154	6	4,138
1918		1,758	134	6	4,149
1917		1,334	158	5	4,570
1916		1,340	150	7	3,491
1915		1,266	151	< 5	--
1914		1,026	145	< 5	--
1913		825	147	< 5	--
1912		711	150	< 5	--
1911		503	160	< 5	--
1910		574	142	< 5	--
1909		426	160	< 5	--
1908		435	156	< 5	--
1907		400	160	< 5	--
1906		362	159	< 5	--
1905		343	163	< 5	--
1904		320	167	< 5	--
1903		330	156	< 5	--
1902		339	151	< 5	--
1901		346	143	< 5	--
1900		391	148	< 5	--
1899		289	156	< 5	--
1898		276	171	< 5	--
1897		234	180	< 5	--
1896		281	158	< 5	--
1895		269	160	< 5	--
1894		251	163	< 5	--
1893		223	168	< 5	--
1892		229	166	< 5	--
1891		204	165	< 5	--
1890		223	159	< 5	--
1889		175	167	< 5	--
1888		207	152	< 5	--
1887		157	155	< 5	--
1886		162	150	< 5	--
1885		163	141	< 5	--
1884		124	158	< 5	--
1883		110	159	< 5	--
1882		132	136	< 5	--
1881		117	134	< 5	--
1880		93	148	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.