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Viola

Pronounced /vaɪˈəʊlə/

Rank in 2024
#1,188
Born in 2024
199
Peak year
1918 · #59
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 199 girls were named Viola, about 1 in every 8,106.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 4,331 babies, ranked #59.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 132,741 girls have been named Viola since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Viola per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 3.7
    Greatest
  2. 1.2
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 76,299 babies, 3.73 per 1,000. Silent: 24,436 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,160 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,125 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,007 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,293 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,555 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin viola (“violet”).

  • A female given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/vaɪˈəʊlə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Viola, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Vella

    Rank
    #5,147
    Born '24
    25
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19152024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Veola

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19262024