Violet

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning the violet flower; purple.

Baby Names Arena rank
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Win rate
42%
of head-to-heads
US popularity
#13
up from #15
UK popularity
#37
1,061 babies · up from #42

How Violet has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#7#32#56201520202025#13

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YearUS rank
2015#50
2016#46
2017#48
2018#43
2019#36
2020#37
2021#35
2022#20
2023#16
2024#15
2025#13

Violet by the numbers

In 2025, 1,061 babies in England and Wales were named Violet. In the US, 4,699 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 4,858 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

At its height, in 1920, about 1 in 340 American girls born that year was called Violet.

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Violet as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Violet. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Violetaviolet flower; symbol of modesty256 in the US (2017)
  • Violettpurple flower; a form of Violet46 in the US (2017)
  • Vyoletpurple flower; an invented spelling of Violet12 in the US (2017)
  • Violaviolet flower; from the latin name208 in the US (2017)
  • Violetteviolet flower; purple202 in the US (2017)
  • Violettalittle violet; a diminutive of viola115 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Violet

Names that are said the same way as Violet, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean a flower

Like Violet, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
  • Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Florenceflourishing, in bloom1,924 in England and Wales (2025)

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