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Violet “Purple flower” — Latin
Girl Latin 3 syllables Current rank #13 (2025)
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Violet is an English flower name taken from the violet, a small flowering plant. Its botanical reference gives it a clear nature association, while its long use as a given name makes it more than a recent trend.
Violet ranks #13 in U.S. SSA 2025 girls data with 7,546 births.
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Plant Names in the 2025 SSA Top 200 vs Outside 500 Compare plant names across 2025 SSA popularity bands: Olivia, Violet, and Lily rank in the top 200, while Flora, Clover, and Marigold sit beyond 500.
Vowel-Heavy Girl Names in the 2024 U.S. Top 100 Seventy-five of the 2024 girl top 100 end in a vowel. Thirty-five end in A. Boy names in the same slice do not. This is a sound pattern, not a mood.
Where 2024’s Popular U.S. Names Come From Catalog origin tags — Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, Irish, French, German, Latin — all appear among 2024 SSA top ranks, but not in the same way.
What does Violet mean? Violet is commonly linked to the meaning Purple flower and is associated with Latin roots.
Is Violet a popular baby name in the U.S.? Violet ranks #13 in U.S. SSA 2025 girls data with 7,546 births.