Victoria
Latin victoria, “victory”; rare in English before the queen.
Popularity, 1880–2025
Victoria appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 62 different years between 1949 and 2025. Its biggest year was 1993, when 12,925 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 19 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1998, at No. 16. In 2025 it ranked No. 54 for girls. All told, 529,191 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Viktoria (2,659), Victorya (573) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Vicki, Vickie
Explore Victoria interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,440 | No. 134 |
| 1890s | 2,479 | No. 156 |
| 1900s | 3,692 | No. 142 |
| 1910s | 10,766 | No. 134 |
| 1920s | 10,547 | No. 173 |
| 1930s | 6,204 | No. 228 |
| 1940s | 20,752 | No. 96 |
| 1950s | 49,127 | No. 74 |
| 1960s | 37,733 | No. 82 |
| 1970s | 30,884 | No. 85 |
| 1980s | 53,272 | No. 42 |
| 1990s | 117,475 | No. 16 |
| 2000s | 84,967 | No. 20 |
| 2010s | 71,017 | No. 19 |
| 2020s | 27,560 | No. 34 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.