# Victoria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/victoria/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “victory” |
| Pronunciation | /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹɪə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Vicky, Vicki, Vickie, Vickey, Vic, Vikki, Tori, Torey |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 529,191 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,276 / 527,915 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19,894, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## What it means

Victoria is grouped under victory.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,896 | 23 |
| 2012 | 6,871 | 28 |
| 2013 | 7,215 | 25 |
| 2014 | 8,012 | 19 |
| 2015 | 7,630 | 20 |
| 2016 | 7,329 | 21 |
| 2017 | 7,314 | 19 |
| 2018 | 7,134 | 21 |
| 2019 | 6,380 | 25 |
| 2020 | 5,303 | 34 |
| 2021 | 4,713 | 43 |
| 2022 | 4,782 | 43 |
| 2023 | 4,454 | 45 |
| 2024 | 4,281 | 48 |
| 2025 | 4,027 | 54 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 14,284 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,492 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7,659 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,634 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12,199 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,825 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,662 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,742 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12,004 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,104 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,682 |
| 2019 | 5 | 14,007 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,503 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12,054 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,941 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 534 | 107 |
| 2012 | 531 | 106 |
| 2013 | 619 | 88 |
| 2014 | 584 | 98 |
| 2015 | 604 | 92 |
| 2016 | 586 | 91 |
| 2017 | 568 | 92 |
| 2018 | 518 | 101 |
| 2019 | 499 | 104 |
| 2020 | 409 | 118 |
| 2021 | 401 | 127 |
| 2022 | 402 | 126 |
| 2023 | 328 | 153 |
| 2024 | 336 | 152 |
| 2025 | 312 | 160 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: فِيكْتُورِيَا
- Bulgarian: Викто́рия
- Catalan: Victòria
- Chinese: 維多利亞 /维多利亚
- Czech: Viktorie
- Danish: Victoria
- Esperanto: Viktorino, Viktoria
- Finnish: Victoria, Viktoria
- French: Victoria, Victoire
- Georgian: ვიქტორია
- German: Viktoria
- Greek: Βικτωρία
- Hebrew: ויקטוריה
- Hindi: विक्टोरिया
- Hungarian: Viktória
- Icelandic: Viktoría
- Irish: Victeoiria
- Italian: Vittoria
- Japanese: ビクトリア
- Korean: 빅토리아

## People named Victoria

- Victoria Beckham, English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer (born 1974)
- Victoria Justice, American actress and singer (born 1993)
- Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist, editor (1838-1927)
- Victoria, Princess Royal, British princess (1840-1901), Empress of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia from March t
- Victoria Kjær Theilvig, Danish model and Miss Universe 2024 (born 2003)
- Victoria Nuland, American diplomat (born 1961)
- Victoria Principal, American actress
- Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)
- Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark (1868-1935)
- Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan/Spanish opera singer
- Victoria Pedretti, American actress
- Victoria Pendleton, British cyclist and jockey

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.