Violeta
Violeta was the 641st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 451 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 511 places. More babies were named Violeta in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning violet (Spanish) · Spanish, Latin
Say it vee-oh-LET-uh /ˌvioʊˈlɛtə/
- Rank in 2025
- #641 girls, up 251 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 451girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025451 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,735babies recorded
What does the name Violeta mean?
Violeta is the Spanish word for the violet flower and color, used as a girls' name, the equivalent of English Violet, as Wiktionary notes. DMNES explains Violet as Old French violete, a diminutive of Latin viola, violet, and records the related name Viola. Violeta has been used in the US since the 1910s. In Spanish the v is pronounced like a soft b.
violeta (Spanish, “violet”)viola (Latin, “violet”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Pronunciation: Spanish: byo-LEH-tah.
Related names: Violet, Viola, Violetta, Yolanda.
See also: Spanish names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Violeta' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Violet', DMNES (Durham University)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Viola', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Nicknames for Violeta
The usual nicknames for Violeta are Vi. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Violeta in the last five years, 2 were named Vi, against 20 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vi · also for Violette, Violet, Vivian | Modern | #14,813 | 50 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Violetas go by each one.
Violeta popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1986.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #641 | 451 |
| 2020 | #892 | 298 |
| 2010 | #1,007 | 250 |
| 2000 | #2,276 | 69 |
| 1990 | #1,522 | 102 |
| 1980 | #1,243 | 106 |
| 1970 | #3,201 | 21 |
| 1960 | #3,913 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,225 | 12 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #5,722 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Violeta, counting every spelling?
Violeta is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #488 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #641 for Violeta on its own. Together these spellings went to 647 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violeta | 451 | #641 | 2,010 |
| Violetta | 196 | #1,184 | 745 |
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 Violeta?
451 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Violeta (0.13 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Violeta born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 19 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Violeta.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Violeta?
About 8,400 people born in the US named Violeta are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 6 and 32. That makes Violeta mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Violeta by state
How common Violeta was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.7×), Texas (2.5×), California (2.1×), Illinois (1.9×). In 23 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Violeta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Violeta, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Violeta · Sibling names for Violeta
Questions about the name Violeta
What does Violeta mean?
Violeta means “violet (Spanish)” (Spanish, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Violeta?
Violeta was the 641st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 451 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 511 places. More babies were named Violeta in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Violeta a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Violeta in the US.
Where is Violeta most popular?
In 2021–2025, Violeta was most common in Arizona (0.66 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.