Violeta
Girl · vee-o-LET-a · Latin
Violeta is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “violet (flower)”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 640th for girls in the US (451 babies).
What does Violeta mean?
Latin: Spanish and Eastern European form of Violet, from Latin viola
“violet (flower)”
Violeta Parra was a Chilean folk singer whose song Gracias a la vida became a Latin American classic.
- Say it
- vee-o-LET-a
Is Violeta a girl's or a boy's name?
Violeta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 451 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Violeta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Violeta, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th.
2025 had the most girls named Violeta of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Violeta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Violeta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
How popular is Violeta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #640among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 451about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 451 girls in the US were named Violeta, making it the 640th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 891st. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had the most girls named Violeta of any year since it first appeared, in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Violeta in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Violeta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 451 | #640 |
| 2024 | 414 | #687 |
| 2023 | 450 | #655 |
| 2022 | 391 | #740 |
| 2021 | 304 | #889 |
| 2020 | 298 | #891 |
| 2019 | 299 | #892 |
| 2018 | 274 | #964 |
| 2017 | 257 | #1,009 |
| 2016 | 246 | #1,061 |
| 2015 | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,261 |
| 2013 | 207 | #1,161 |
| 2012 | 231 | #1,077 |
| 2011 | 215 | #1,138 |
| 2010 | 250 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 215 | #1,167 |
| 2008 | 139 | #1,631 |
| 2007 | 185 | #1,317 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,375 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,667 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,870 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,667 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,519 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,010 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,895 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,683 |
| 1993 | 96 | #1,588 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 93 | #1,613 |
| 1990 | 102 | #1,508 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,720 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,405 |
| 1985 | 160 | #963 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1983 | 88 | #1,358 |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,325 |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,340 |
| 1980 | 106 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,386 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1972 | 67 | #1,448 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Nicknames for Violeta
- Vi 6 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Violeta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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