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Baby name
Violet
Girl
Origin of the name
Violet comes from the name of the flower, from the Latin viola.
Rising name
185,561births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 13rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Violet are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Violet is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Violet is most common in Hawaii (2.7 times), North Dakota (2.6) and South Dakota (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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