Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Viola

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Viola
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.4% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

4,331

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

95.4%

2024

199

All-time

132,741

Viola once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 4,331 girls were named Viola.

In 2024, only 199 girls were given the name.

Down 95.4% from its peak.

All told, about 132,741 Americans have been named Viola and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.4% from peak

In 1918:4,331 girls named Viola

In 2024:199 girls named Viola

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