Victoria
Victoria was the 54th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 4,027 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 16th; the most babies were born in 1993 (12,925). Over the last ten years it has moved down 34 places. More babies were named Victoria in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning victory · Latin
Say it vik-TOR-ee-uh /vɪkˈtɔriə/
- Rank in 2025
- #54 girls, down 20 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 4,027girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199312,925 babies
- Total since 1880
- 529,191babies recorded
What does the name Victoria mean?
Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory', which was also the name of the Roman goddess of victory. As a woman's name it is the feminine of Victor or Victorius, and DMNES lists a 3rd-century martyr and two 4th-century martyrs called Victoria. It was rare in England until Queen Victoria (reigned 1837 to 1901), whose name made it widely known; many places around the world are named after her.
victōria (Latin, “victory”)vincere (Latin, “to conquer”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Vicky, Tori, Viktoria, Vittoria, Victor.
See also: Latin names, names that mean victory.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Victoria', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Wiktionary, entry 'Victoria', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Queen Victoria', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Victoria
The usual nicknames for Victoria are Tori, Vicky and Vic. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Victoria in the last five years, 5 were named Tori, against 11 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tori | Modern | #1,337 | 1,041 |
| Vicky | Traditional | #4,163 | 169 |
| Vic · also for Victor | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Victorias go by each one.
Victoria popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 1,276 since 1916.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #54 | 4,027 |
| 2020 | #34 | 5,303 |
| 2010 | #32 | 6,236 |
| 2000 | #20 | 10,926 |
| 1990 | #33 | 9,109 |
| 1980 | #103 | 2,929 |
| 1970 | #85 | 4,460 |
| 1960 | #114 | 4,294 |
| 1950 | #94 | 3,781 |
| 1940 | #243 | 687 |
| 1930 | #228 | 713 |
| 1920 | #173 | 1,286 |
| 1910 | #142 | 574 |
| 1900 | #148 | 391 |
| 1890 | #159 | 223 |
| 1880 | #148 | 93 |
How popular is Victoria, counting every spelling?
Victoria is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #67 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #54 for Victoria on its own. Together these spellings went to 4,092 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 4,027 | #54 | 22,257 |
| Viktoria | 59 | #2,892 | 288 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Victoria?
4,027 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Victoria (1.12 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Victoria born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 48. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 2 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Victoria.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Victoria?
About 463,300 people born in the US named Victoria are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 19 and 46. That makes Victoria mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Victoria by state
How common Victoria was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (2.0×), District of Columbia (1.9×), Nevada (1.8×), California (1.8×), New Mexico (1.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Victoria: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Victoria, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Victoria · Sibling names for Victoria
Questions about the name Victoria
What does Victoria mean?
Victoria means “victory” (Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Victoria?
Victoria was the 54th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 4,027 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 16th; the most babies were born in 1993 (12,925). Over the last ten years it has moved down 34 places. More babies were named Victoria in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Victoria a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Victoria in the US.
Where is Victoria most popular?
In 2021–2025, Victoria was most common in Florida (5.44 per 1,000 girls), followed by District of Columbia and Nevada.