Viola
Girl · VY-o-la · Latin
Viola is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “violet”. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 1,013th for girls in the US (247 babies).
What does Viola mean?
Latin
“violet”
Latin for violet; Viola is the heroine of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, who disguises herself as a young man.
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Is Viola a girl's or a boy's name?
Viola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 247 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Viola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Viola, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 52 girls.
Half of all the girls named Viola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Viola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 39 | #968 |
| 2023 | 44 | #875 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 42 | #910 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 52 | #803 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Viola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,013among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 247about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 247 girls in the US were named Viola, making it the 1,013th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,118th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 4,331 girls.
Half of all the girls named Viola in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1931, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 | #1,013 |
| 2024 | 202 | #1,184 |
| 2023 | 233 | #1,066 |
| 2022 | 249 | #1,030 |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 216 | #1,118 |
| 2019 | 234 | #1,075 |
| 2018 | 214 | #1,141 |
| 2017 | 212 | #1,160 |
| 2016 | 223 | #1,137 |
| 2015 | 192 | #1,266 |
| 2014 | 194 | #1,248 |
| 2013 | 181 | #1,292 |
| 2012 | 169 | #1,379 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,598 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,762 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 97 | #2,092 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,183 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,196 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,698 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 84 | #1,388 |
| 1983 | 75 | #1,512 |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,399 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1980 | 106 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,420 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,160 |
| 1975 | 88 | #1,269 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 113 | #1,033 |
| 1972 | 128 | #949 |
| 1971 | 130 | #976 |
| 1970 | 151 | #880 |
| 1969 | 139 | #892 |
| 1968 | 163 | #783 |
| 1967 | 204 | #678 |
| 1966 | 205 | #680 |
| 1965 | 250 | #616 |
| 1964 | 294 | #575 |
| 1963 | 308 | #554 |
| 1962 | 320 | #548 |
| 1961 | 421 | #475 |
| 1960 | 428 | #472 |
| 1959 | 407 | #481 |
| 1958 | 452 | #448 |
| 1957 | 448 | #444 |
| 1956 | 528 | #388 |
| 1955 | 512 | #386 |
| 1954 | 574 | #360 |
| 1953 | 571 | #355 |
| 1952 | 634 | #322 |
| 1951 | 636 | #313 |
| 1950 | 624 | #311 |
| 1949 | 685 | #296 |
| 1948 | 724 | #284 |
| 1947 | 813 | #269 |
| 1946 | 781 | #255 |
| 1945 | 765 | #242 |
| 1944 | 800 | #234 |
| 1943 | 893 | #220 |
| 1942 | 941 | #213 |
| 1941 | 901 | #202 |
| 1940 | 966 | #190 |
| 1939 | 980 | #187 |
| 1938 | 1,040 | #187 |
| 1937 | 1,158 | #175 |
| 1936 | 1,188 | #165 |
| 1935 | 1,325 | #152 |
| 1934 | 1,435 | #141 |
| 1933 | 1,478 | #138 |
| 1932 | 1,668 | #136 |
| 1931 | 1,823 | #127 |
| 1930 | 2,161 | #116 |
| 1929 | 2,291 | #109 |
| 1928 | 2,623 | #103 |
| 1927 | 2,769 | #101 |
| 1926 | 2,876 | #97 |
| 1925 | 3,336 | #84 |
| 1924 | 3,577 | #82 |
| 1923 | 3,534 | #79 |
| 1922 | 3,793 | #72 |
| 1921 | 4,160 | #66 |
| 1920 | 4,292 | #59 |
| 1919 | 4,129 | #58 |
| 1918 | 4,331 | #59 |
| 1917 | 4,040 | #59 |
| 1916 | 3,948 | #59 |
| 1915 | 3,855 | #59 |
| 1914 | 3,203 | #57 |
| 1913 | 2,847 | #52 |
| 1912 | 2,550 | #52 |
| 1911 | 2,083 | #47 |
| 1910 | 2,090 | #48 |
| 1909 | 1,926 | #46 |
| 1908 | 1,964 | #42 |
| 1907 | 1,805 | #47 |
| 1906 | 1,675 | #47 |
| 1905 | 1,697 | #44 |
| 1904 | 1,545 | #46 |
| 1903 | 1,495 | #44 |
| 1902 | 1,447 | #48 |
| 1901 | 1,331 | #47 |
| 1900 | 1,674 | #49 |
| 1899 | 1,156 | #50 |
| 1898 | 1,272 | #53 |
| 1897 | 1,017 | #58 |
| 1896 | 1,047 | #61 |
| 1895 | 1,010 | #63 |
| 1894 | 906 | #65 |
| 1893 | 839 | #66 |
| 1892 | 833 | #66 |
| 1891 | 609 | #73 |
| 1890 | 697 | #68 |
| 1889 | 536 | #76 |
| 1888 | 596 | #74 |
| 1887 | 420 | #80 |
| 1886 | 440 | #77 |
| 1885 | 345 | #88 |
| 1884 | 362 | #82 |
| 1883 | 331 | #83 |
| 1882 | 310 | #83 |
| 1881 | 237 | #92 |
| 1880 | 229 | #94 |
Nicknames for Viola
- Vi 6 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Viola
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