# Violette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/violette/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,403 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,403 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 234, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 105 | 1,908 |
| 2012 | 104 | 1,917 |
| 2013 | 171 | 1,370 |
| 2014 | 187 | 1,283 |
| 2015 | 204 | 1,218 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,251 |
| 2017 | 203 | 1,200 |
| 2018 | 230 | 1,092 |
| 2019 | 254 | 1,015 |
| 2020 | 260 | 982 |
| 2021 | 248 | 1,027 |
| 2022 | 235 | 1,072 |
| 2023 | 262 | 981 |
| 2024 | 271 | 965 |
| 2025 | 298 | 894 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Violette

- Violette Szabo, French-British SOE spy
- Violette Leduc, French writer (1907–1972)
- Violette Morris, French athlete (1893–1944)
- Violette Verdy, ballerina and ballet teacher (1933-2016)
- Violette Nozière, French convicted murderer (1915–1966)
- Violette Cornelius, Dutch artist and photographer (1919–1998)
- Tanina Mammeri, Algerian badminton player

## 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.