Victoria

What Victoria means

Means “victory”

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Victoria” (revision 94544494), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Victoria?

US: Falling: down from #20 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #92 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1993, when 12,925 girls got the name (#19 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 399 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 812 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,052 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (8.63 per 1,000 girls), NV (5.54 per 1,000 girls), FL (5.09 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Victoria is #54 in the US and #160 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Victoria were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Viktoria59 US · 14 E&W
• Vicktoria6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Vic
• Vickey
• Vicki
• Vickie
• Vicky

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Victoria

Girls

• Miranda#654“admirable”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Lauren#401Same root as Laurence, possibly meaning “laurel”^*
• Priscilla#544“former, ancient, old-fashioned”^*
• Amanda#493“to love”^*
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*

For a brother

• Quinton#973“queen s town”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Victoria’s. Rank is US 2025.