How Many People Are Named Violet?
An estimated 95,791 people in the United States have the first name Violet. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Violet peaked in popularity in 2024 with 6,977 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Violet as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Violet paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Violet is overwhelmingly female, 284 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
95,791
About 1 in 3,578 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2024
6,977 births
Total Registered
178,257
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Violet
Violet is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 178,257 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Violet as a male name
Ranked #14,088 in 2024
5 male births in 2024
Peak: 1928 (16 births)
Violet as a female name
Ranked #15 in 2024
6,972 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (6,972 births)
Violet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Violet span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 41,599 babies were registered. While Violet is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Violet by Decade
How has Violet tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
| Decade | Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 879 | 0 | 879 | |
| 1890s | 3,076 | 0 | 3,076 | |
| 1900s | 7,849 | 5 | 7,844 | |
| 1910s | 23,203 | 46 | 23,157 | |
| 1920s | 30,121 | 99 | 30,022 | |
| 1930s | 13,927 | 64 | 13,863 | |
| 1940s | 6,576 | 23 | 6,553 | |
| 1950s | 4,152 | 0 | 4,152 | |
| 1960s | 2,256 | 0 | 2,256 | |
| 1970s | 1,244 | 0 | 1,244 | |
| 1980s | 1,394 | 0 | 1,394 | |
| 1990s | 1,699 | 0 | 1,699 | |
| 2000s | 9,810 | 0 | 9,810 | |
| 2010s | 41,599 | 31 | 41,568 | |
| 2020s | 30,472 | 16 | 30,456 | |
Violet by State
Birth registrations for Violet span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Pennsylvania, Illinois. The lowest are in Wyoming, Vermont, Delaware. On average, about 3,185 Violets were registered per state.
Violet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Violet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Violet
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Violet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Violet?
We estimate approximately 95,791 people named Violet are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,578 Americans share this first name.
Is Violet a common name?
Violet is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 178,257 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Violet most popular?
Violet reached peak popularity in 2024, when 6,977 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Violet is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Violet a female name?
Violet is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Violet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Violet Smith, Violet Johnson, Violet Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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