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Victoria

Girls' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~470,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#54 among girls
Births in 2025
4,027 529,191 since 1880
Typical age
30 years, median

Victoria popularity over time

Victoria rank by birth year, 1880–2025Victoria ranked #148 in 1880 and #54 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #16, in 1998.#100#54best #16 in 199818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Victoria in 1993 than in any other year — 12,958 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 62 separate years.

The 2025 position is #54, on 4,027 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 47%.

Babies named Victoria per yearPeaks at 12,958 births in 1993.12,958 in 1993018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Victoria?

An estimated 470,000 living Americans are called Victoria. That is out of 529,191 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Victoria?

Median age among living Victorias: 30. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Victoria a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Victoria

Ages of living people named VictoriaHalf of living Victorias are older than 30 and half younger.median 30020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Victoria is most common

Relative to births, California carries 1.8× the national share of Victorias. Florida, Arizona and Nevada follow.

Where Victoria is used more than average5 states use the name Victoria more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.7× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.6× the national rateRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.7× the national rateAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.8× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Victoria is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 10,920 1.8×
Florida 5,240 1.8×
Arizona 1,703 1.7×
Nevada 599 1.7×
Rhode Island 161 1.6×

Victoria in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Victoria ranked #160 in 2025 on 312 births. That is 24% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Victoria comes from

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Victoria

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Victoria Beckham English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer 1974 97
Victoria Justice American actress and singer 1993 67
Victoria Abril Spanish actress 1959 61
Victoria Silvstedt Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality 1974 54
Victoria Woodhull American suffragist, editor 1838–1927 54
Victoria Kjær Theilvig Danish model and Miss Universe 2024 2003 43
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg Queen consort of Spain 1887–1969 42
Victoria Nuland American diplomat 1961 42
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 814 in 1941 to 1,379 in 1942 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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