girls:
1.7k births since 1898
#4079 (29th percentile)
boys:
659 births since 1918
#3928 (14th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1898
#5471 (29th percentile)
The name Victory is the #5,471 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,343 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 29.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,079 (28.6% percentile) for all time with 1,684 births since 1898. For boys, it ranks #3,928 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 659 births since 1918.
Victory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for girls and 1918 for boys). Birth data for Victory is available in 93 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023 (80 years for girls and 70 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Victory has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 79.0% of babies named Victory were girls.
For girls, Victory reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 12.4% percentile (ranked #517) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 65 births per million (ranked 12.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Victory ranks #903 for girls (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 43.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Victory reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #515) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Victory ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 35.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Victory".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Victory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Victory is pronounced as VIHK-ter-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VIHK-tree, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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