first name
VIOLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,135 people named Viola, 54.5% reported their origin as White, 26.3% as Black and 12.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Viola peaked in 1918, when 4,342 babies got the name.
At least 133,427 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Viola by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #59. The largest share of babies named Viola, 57.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Viola is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Viola has been most common in North Dakota (3.7×), South Dakota (3.5×), and New Mexico (2.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.1×).
99,038 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Viola
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Viola, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Viola ranks #5,392 of 156,621, with 6,247 people. See Viola as a last name
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