Thirty years of Victoria
Victoria in numbers
Victoria peaked in 1997 with 1,650 girls and has fallen since, to 312 in 2025. Its biggest three-year fall came between 1997 and 2000, from 1,650 to 976. It ranked 37th in 1996, reached 34th in 1997 and ranks 160th now. On average it was given to 1,503 girls a year in the late 1990s, 616 in the 2000s, 553 in the 2010s and 365 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-7%336 to 312
- 5 years-24%409 to 312
- 10 years-48%604 to 312
- 20 years-36%485 to 312
- Since 1996-81%1,627 to 312
- Total, 1996 to 202519,894girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 160 · ONS · 336 in 2024
Rank 217 · NRS · 12 in 2024
Rank 177 · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | 312 | -7% | 1 in 912 |
| 2024 | 152 | 336 | +2% | 1 in 862 |
| 2023 | =153 | 328 | -18% | 1 in 878 |
| 2022 | 126 | 402 | +0% | 1 in 734 |
| 2021 | 127 | 401 | -2% | 1 in 760 |
| 2020 | 118 | 409 | -18% | 1 in 732 |
| 2019 | 104 | 499 | -4% | 1 in 624 |
| 2018 | 101 | 518 | -9% | 1 in 617 |
| 2017 | =92 | 568 | -3% | 1 in 583 |
| 2016 | 91 | 586 | -3% | 1 in 579 |
| 2015 | 92 | 604 | +3% | 1 in 562 |
| 2014 | 98 | 584 | -6% | 1 in 580 |
| 2013 * | 88 | 619 | +17% | 1 in 552 |
| 2012 | 106 | 531 | -1% | 1 in 669 |
| 2011 | =107 | 534 | +9% | 1 in 661 |
| 2010 | 118 | 489 | -8% | 1 in 720 |
| 2009 | =102 | 531 | -2% | 1 in 648 |
| 2008 | 104 | 543 | +1% | 1 in 637 |
| 2007 | 99 | 535 | +7% | 1 in 627 |
| 2006 | 105 | 498 | +3% | 1 in 657 |
| 2005 | 104 | 485 | -4% | 1 in 650 |
| 2004 | 103 | 507 | -16% | 1 in 614 |
| 2003 | 87 | 601 | -11% | 1 in 504 |
| 2002 | 77 | 672 | -17% | 1 in 432 |
| 2001 | =62 | 813 | -17% | 1 in 357 |
| 2000 | 54 | 976 | -27% | 1 in 302 |
| 1999 | 40 | 1,335 | -5% | 1 in 227 |
| 1998 | 41 | 1,401 | -15% | n/a |
| 1997 | 34 | 1,650 | +1% | 1 in 190 |
| 1996 | 37 | 1,627 | 1 in 194 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate