Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Victory isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Victory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,459
- 700 boys · 1,759 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 56
- #4,347 for girls · #4,527 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 25% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,347 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 1918. It also appeared in 23 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Florida and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,091 as a first name in 2020; 2,380 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Victory’s family of names
In English usage, Victory has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Виктория.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Victory
- Victory BatemanAmerican stage and film actress (1865-1926)
- Victory Tischler-BlueAmerican musician and filmmakerborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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18% boys · 82% girls
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“one who prays to God”
5% boys · 95% girls