Viola

Boy · recorded 1889–1948

  • 1948last recorded
  • 1902best year

Most popular in 1902.

Last recorded in 1948. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Viola.

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Its story

Popularity since 1889

0459018891904191919331948

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Viola, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188945
189149
189966
190033
190147
190290
190350
190447
190545
190645
190858
190961
191041
191122
191320
191513
191610
191714
191811
191914
192017
192113
192215
192311
192410
192513
192616
19279
192814
192915
19305
193119
193210
193312
19346
19369
19377
19387
193910
19409
19415
19444
19454
19463
19483

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Viola isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1948
6
Rank in 1948
#3,316
How rare
1 in 292,436 boys
Since 1889
434

Viola was last recorded in 1948. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1902, at 90 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Viola doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.