Girl name#308 of girl names
Viola
Pronounced V AY0 OW1 L AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
How popular is Viola?
Viola is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 133,175 children — the 308th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1918, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1918, when 4,331 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- V AY0 OW1 L AH0 · V IY0 OW1 L AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010 · 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Viola
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Viola
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Viola?
- Viola ranks 308th among girls' names in US records, with 133,175 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,180.
- Is Viola a unisex name?
- No. Viola is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Viola most popular?
- 1918, when 4,331 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.