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Girl's name · #13 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Violet was #74 in 1919, slipped to #1291 by 1990, and reached #13 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. About 186,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
US births of Violet rose from 482 in 2004 to 846 in 2005, the year after The Incredibles and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events featured characters named Violet.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Violet is especially popular in Australia (QLD).
#8 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #12 in Canada (2025) · #15 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #20 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #28 in New Zealand (2025) · #37 in England & Wales (2025) · #64 in Scotland (2025) · #106 in N. Ireland (2025) · #213 in Ireland (2025) · #371 in Ecuador (2025) · #523 in Belgium (2025) · #692 in Poland (2025) and 8 more.
Among 300 notable people named Violet:
Entertainers appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Violet McGraw, American actress (born 2011).
Similar names: Nora · Vivian · Lucy · Stella · Evelyn · Aurora
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