Girl name#67 of girl names
Victoria
Pronounced V IH0 K T AO1 R IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1993
- 145 years in use
How popular is Victoria?
Victoria is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 532,240 children — the 67th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1993, when 12,978 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- V IH0 K T AO1 R IY0 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 0100
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Victoria
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Victoria
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Victoria?
- Victoria ranks 67th among girls' names in US records, with 532,240 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 61,814.
- Is Victoria a unisex name?
- No. Victoria is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Victoria most popular?
- 1993, when 12,978 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.