Female name
Victoria
19,894 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1997.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Victoria”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1997: 1,650 births. 19,894 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 34th among girls' names in 1997. It is still given: 1,779 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1993: 12,958 births. 529,191 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1950s to the 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 16th among girls' names in 1998. It is still given: 22,272 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1982: 91 births. 3,574 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1970s to the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 77th among girls' names in 2007. It really came into use around 1968. It is still given: 162 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 101,271 | 2012–2023 | 5th in 2020 |
| France | 47,445 | 1900–2025 | 35th in 2021 |
| Quebec | 7,513 | 1980–2025 | 12th in 2014 |
| Austria | 7,127 | 1984–2025 | 24th in 2002 |
| Switzerland | 4,883* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 1,925 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 1,202 | 2012–2023 | 35th in 2017 |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
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