girls' name ★ peaked 1993

Victoria

Meaning en (English) Gender Girl Rank 2025 #54 Trend ↓ Falling 30%

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Rank 2025
#54
among girls · ↓6 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
4,027
named Victoria · -6% vs 2024
How common
1 in 399
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1993
12,958 babies
All-time total
529,191
#59 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Victoria popularity over time

529,191 babies have been named Victoria since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
2.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 1,440 – 1,440 144 – #134
1890s 2,479 – 2,479 248 +72% #156
1900s 3,692 – 3,692 369 +49% #143
1910s 10,766 24 10,790 1,079 +192% #134
1920s 10,547 54 10,601 1,060 -2% #173
1930s 6,204 57 6,261 626 -41% #228
1940s 20,752 53 20,805 2,081 +232% #96
1950s 49,127 91 49,218 4,922 +137% #74
1960s 37,733 132 37,865 3,787 -23% #82
1970s 30,884 118 31,002 3,100 -18% #85
1980s 53,272 273 53,545 5,355 +73% #42
1990s 117,475 246 117,721 11,772 +120% #16
2000s 84,967 138 85,105 8,511 -28% #20
2010s 71,017 67 71,084 7,108 -16% #19
2020s (to 2025) 27,560 23 27,583 4,597 -35% #34

Where Victoria is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 3,793 2.36 #60
2027 3,605 2.24 #63
2028 3,453 2.15 #69
2029 3,328 2.07 #74
2030 3,226 2.01 #74

Where Victoria is most popular

Girls named Victoria per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 2.74 per 1,000. Strongest in Florida, District of Columbia, and Nevada.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Victoria born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Florida 2,329 5.44 +98%
District of Columbia 61 5.15 +88%
Nevada 230 4.95 +80%
California 4,036 4.80 +75%
New Mexico 115 4.73 +72%
Arizona 655 4.67 +70%
Texas 3,533 4.39 +60%
Delaware 49 4.32 +57%
Rhode Island 54 4.31 +57%
New Jersey 768 4.25 +55%
Connecticut 231 3.97 +45%
Massachusetts 450 3.72 +36%
Illinois 822 3.59 +31%
Maryland 359 3.39 +23%
New York 1,336 3.37 +23%
South Dakota 48 3.36 +23%
Wyoming 14 3.28 +20%
Alaska 27 3.14 +14%
Colorado 345 3.09 +13%
Washington 429 2.97 +8%
Kansas 163 2.83 ≈ national
Virginia 479 2.81 ≈ national
Utah 231 2.78 ≈ national
Oklahoma 200 2.72 ≈ national
Idaho 87 2.60 -5%
Georgia 589 2.59 -5%
Nebraska 93 2.59 -6%
Maine 39 2.52 -8%
North Carolina 574 2.52 -8%
Oregon 160 2.46 -10%
Iowa 135 2.31 -16%
South Carolina 207 2.30 -16%
Minnesota 236 2.19 -20%
Indiana 304 2.17 -21%
Kentucky 185 2.16 -21%
Pennsylvania 507 2.14 -22%
Arkansas 112 2.12 -23%
Tennessee 324 2.05 -25%
New Hampshire 36 1.95 -29%
Montana 26 1.92 -30%
Missouri 229 1.90 -31%
Wisconsin 193 1.87 -32%
Alabama 170 1.81 -34%
Michigan 326 1.79 -35%
Ohio 416 1.75 -36%
North Dakota 23 1.75 -36%
West Virginia 44 1.68 -39%
Louisiana 144 1.65 -40%
Mississippi 75 1.60 -42%
Hawaii 14 1.22 -55%
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Victoria

Victoria is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #54 in 2025 with 4,027 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 529,191 American babies have been named Victoria. Its peak came in 1993, when 12,958 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Victoria stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Victoria?

The median living Victoria is about 30 years old; half are between 18 and 46. An estimated 471 thousand people named Victoria are alive in the United States today.

median 30 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Victoria year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 4,027 #54 – –
2024 4,281 #48 9 #8,941
2023 4,454 #45 – –
2022 4,782 #43 – –
2021 4,713 #43 6 #12,054
2020 5,303 #34 8 #9,503
2019 6,380 #25 5 #14,007
2018 7,134 #21 7 #10,682
2017 7,314 #19 10 #8,104
2016 7,329 #21 – –
2015 7,630 #20 6 #12,004
2014 8,012 #19 9 #8,742
2013 7,215 #25 7 #10,662
2012 6,871 #28 9 #8,825
2011 6,896 #23 6 #12,199
2010 6,236 #32 8 #9,634
2009 6,371 #31 11 #7,659
2008 7,127 #27 5 #14,492
2007 7,435 #29 5 #14,284
2006 7,653 #27 8 #9,536
2005 7,961 #28 17 #5,023
2004 8,279 #28 42 #2,596
2003 9,251 #22 14 #5,539
2002 9,785 #21 8 #8,409
2001 10,179 #21 10 #6,909
2000 10,926 #20 18 #4,376
1995 12,252 #20 24 #3,014
1990 9,109 #33 37 #2,046
1985 5,426 #59 29 #2,015
1980 2,929 #103 14 #3,250
1975 2,713 #105 17 #2,533
1970 4,460 #85 22 #1,935
1965 3,480 #108 16 #2,077
1960 4,294 #114 8 #3,327
1955 5,359 #82 10 #2,753
1950 3,781 #94 5 #4,170
1945 2,670 #106 12 #2,123
1940 687 #243 – –
1935 603 #256 8 #2,932
1930 713 #228 6 #3,978
1925 1,046 #196 – –
1920 1,286 #173 – –
1915 1,266 #151 – –
1910 574 #142 – –
1905 343 #163 – –
1900 391 #148 – –
1895 269 #160 – –
1890 223 #159 – –
1885 163 #141 – –
1880 93 #148 – –

Famous people named Victoria

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Victoria Beckham Victoria Beckham English fashion designer and singer (born 1974) Contemporary
  2. 2 Victoria Justice Victoria Justice American actress and singer (born 1993) Contemporary
  3. 3 Victoria, Princess Royal Victoria, Princess Royal German Empress in 1888 1840–1901 · 19th century
  4. 4 Victoria Wood Victoria Wood British comedian (1953–2016) Contemporary
  5. 5 Victoria Principal Victoria Principal American actress (born 1950) Contemporary
  6. 6 Victoria Tennant Victoria Tennant British actress (born 1950) Contemporary
  7. 7 Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Heir apparent to the Swedish throne (born 1977) Contemporary
  8. 8 Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka Belarusian tennis player (born 1989) Contemporary
  9. 9 Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg Queen of Spain from 1906 to 1931 1887–1969 · 19th century
  10. 10 Victoria Monét Victoria Monét American singer-songwriter (born 1989) b. 1993 · Contemporary
  11. 11 Victoria Jackson Victoria Jackson American comedian (born 1959) Contemporary
  12. 12 Victoria Pratt Victoria Pratt Canadian actress and model b. 1970 · Contemporary
  13. 13 Victoria Rowell Victoria Rowell American actress (born 1959) Contemporary
  14. 14 Victoria Nuland Victoria Nuland American diplomat (born 1961) Contemporary
  15. 15 Victoria Woodhull Victoria Woodhull American women's suffrage activist (1838–1927) 19th century
  16. 16 Victoria Silvstedt Victoria Silvstedt Swedish model, actress, singer, and TV personality (born 1974) Contemporary
  17. 17 Victoria Song Victoria Song Chinese singer and actress (born 1987) Contemporary
  18. 18 Victoria Ruffo Victoria Ruffo Mexican actress (born 1962) Contemporary
  19. 19 Victoria of Baden Victoria of Baden Queen of Sweden from 1907 to 1930 1862–1930 · 19th century
  20. 20 Victoria Abril Victoria Abril Spanish actress and singer (born 1959) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Victoria, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Victoria?

The median living Victoria is about 30 years old. Half of all living Victorias are between 18 and 46 years old.

How many people named Victoria are alive today?

An estimated 471 thousand people named Victoria are alive in the United States, based on 529,191 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Victoria mean?

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How popular is the name Victoria in 2025?

Victoria ranked #54 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 4,027 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Victoria?

529,191 babies have been named Victoria in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Victoria most popular?

Victoria peaked in 1993, when 12,958 newborns received the name.

Is Victoria a boy or girl name?

Victoria is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Victoria rising or falling?

Victoria is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Victoria become more popular?

Victoria is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,226 girls named Victoria in 2030, which would rank around #74. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Victoria?

Well-known people named Victoria include Victoria Beckham (singer), Victoria Justice (actor), Victoria, Princess Royal (companion).

Names like Victoria

Names that sound and feel close to Victoria: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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