Baby name

Viola

Girl

Origin of the name

Viola comes from the Latin viola, “violet.” Shakespeare gave it to the heroine of Twelfth Night.

Comeback name

The high point came in 1918, with 4,331 births and the No. 59 spot that year. Almost forgotten around 1996, with about 40 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 1013.

132,993births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 59rank at its peak, in 1918

Where babies named Viola are born

1918

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The darker the blue, the more common Viola is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Viola is most common in North Dakota (3.7 times), South Dakota (3.5) and New Mexico (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Iola 9,659
Veola 1,843

Names from the same era

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