Viola Name Popularity

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How popular is Viola?

In 2018 the uncommon name Viola, ranked the 1,134th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Viola is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #42 in 1908.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1918 with 4,331 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Viola in any given year was 41 in 1998.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Viola occurred roughly during the years 1883-1888, 1889-1900, 1911-1916, 2003-2006, and 2008-2012, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1925-1938, 1959-1969, 1972-1978, and 1982-1985.

Viola's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Viola has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Viola?

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

The name Viola is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Viola has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Viola (Girl)		Viola (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		214	1,134	< 5	--
2017		210	1,170	< 5	--
2016		223	1,138	< 5	--
2015		190	1,281	< 5	--
2014		194	1,251	< 5	--
2013		180	1,304	< 5	--
2012		166	1,394	< 5	--
2011		135	1,609	< 5	--
2010		117	1,767	< 5	--
2009		115	1,857	< 5	--
2008		96	2,119	< 5	--
2007		100	2,055	< 5	--
2006		99	2,013	< 5	--
2005		60	2,782	< 5	--
2004		52	3,032	< 5	--
2003		59	2,704	< 5	--
2002		57	2,708	< 5	--
2001		43	3,250	< 5	--
2000		45	3,117	< 5	--
1999		52	2,699	< 5	--
1998		41	3,111	< 5	--
1997		44	2,819	< 5	--
1996		47	2,671	< 5	--
1995		41	2,929	< 5	--
1994		44	2,796	< 5	--
1993		50	2,534	< 5	--
1992		48	2,609	< 5	--
1991		60	2,213	< 5	--
1990		57	2,256	< 5	--
1989		63	2,027	< 5	--
1988		71	1,786	< 5	--
1987		71	1,718	< 5	--
1986		59	1,910	< 5	--
1985		64	1,784	< 5	--
1984		84	1,394	< 5	--
1983		75	1,520	< 5	--
1982		87	1,416	< 5	--
1981		84	1,452	< 5	--
1980		106	1,243	< 5	--
1979		86	1,430	< 5	--
1978		62	1,705	< 5	--
1977		84	1,357	< 5	--
1976		99	1,164	< 5	--
1975		87	1,292	< 5	--
1974		117	1,033	< 5	--
1973		113	1,036	< 5	--
1972		128	958	< 5	--
1971		130	979	< 5	--
1970		151	883	< 5	--
1969		140	892	< 5	--
1968		163	787	< 5	--
1967		205	677	< 5	--
1966		206	680	< 5	--
1965		250	617	< 5	--
1964		294	576	< 5	--
1963		307	559	< 5	--
1962		319	548	< 5	--
1961		419	476	< 5	--
1960		429	472	< 5	--
1959		408	481	< 5	--
1958		452	448	< 5	--
1957		446	445	< 5	--
1956		528	391	< 5	--
1955		514	387	< 5	--
1954		574	361	< 5	--
1953		571	357	< 5	--
1952		633	322	< 5	--
1951		636	313	< 5	--
1950		624	311	< 5	--
1949		685	296	< 5	--
1948		724	284	6	3,653
1947		814	269	< 5	--
1946		780	257	5	4,000
1945		765	242	6	3,316
1944		800	234	5	3,879
1943		893	220	< 5	--
1942		941	213	< 5	--
1941		901	202	6	3,489
1940		966	190	10	2,472
1939		981	187	11	2,284
1938		1,040	187	8	2,855
1937		1,157	175	7	3,163
1936		1,185	165	9	2,617
1935		1,327	150	< 5	--
1934		1,437	141	6	3,661
1933		1,478	138	12	2,210
1932		1,668	136	10	2,632
1931		1,822	128	20	1,639
1930		2,162	116	6	3,978
1929		2,289	109	16	1,999
1928		2,624	103	15	2,158
1927		2,769	101	10	2,904
1926		2,877	97	18	1,908
1925		3,336	84	15	2,186
1924		3,578	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		3,204	57	< 5	--
1913		2,847	52	10	1,940
1912		2,550	52	< 5	--
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	< 5	--
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	< 5	--
1897		1,017	58	< 5	--
1896		1,047	62	< 5	--
1895		1,010	63	< 5	--
1894		906	65	< 5	--
1893		839	66	< 5	--
1892		833	66	< 5	--
1891		609	73	5	1,116
1890		697	68	< 5	--
1889		536	76	5	1,104
1888		596	74	< 5	--
1887		420	80	< 5	--
1886		440	77	< 5	--
1885		345	88	< 5	--
1884		362	82	< 5	--
1883		331	83	< 5	--
1882		310	83	< 5	--
1881		237	92	< 5	--
1880		229	94	< 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.