Popularity in New Zealand
Numbers
| Violet (feminine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Times Used | |
| 2023 | #37 | 80 | |
| 2022 | #44 | 83 | |
| 2021 | #56 | 68 | |
| 2020 | #63 | 59 | |
| 2019 | #50 | 77 | |
| 2018 | #51 | 72 | |
| 2017 | #62 | 62 | |
| 2016 | #44 | 81 | |
| 2015 | #54 | 73 | |
| 2014 | #62 | 59 | |
| 2013 | #47 | 74 | |
| 2012 | #68 | 61 | |
| 2011 | #71 | 57 | |
| 2010 | #99 | 43 | |
| 2009 | #92 | 45 | |
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| 1937 | #92 | 28 | |
| 1936 | #82 | 30 | |
| 1935 | #83 | 29 | |
| 1934 | #67 | 39 | |
| 1933 | #97 | 26 | |
| 1932 | #77 | 36 | |
| 1931 | #87 | 32 | |
| 1930 | #71 | 44 | |
| 1929 | #74 | 42 | |
| 1928 | #57 | 60 | |
| 1927 | #55 | 60 | |
| 1926 | #62 | 55 | |
| 1925 | #59 | 59 | |
| 1924 | #44 | 77 | |
| 1923 | #55 | 62 | |
| 1922 | #43 | 81 | |
| 1921 | #46 | 79 | |
| 1920 | #34 | 105 | |
| 1919 | #29 | 97 | |
| 1918 | #34 | 96 | |
| 1917 | #38 | 102 | |
| 1916 | #40 | 91 | |
| 1915 | #28 | 117 | |
| 1914 | #27 | 115 | |
| 1913 | #27 | 130 | |
| 1912 | #34 | 111 | |
| 1911 | #26 | 121 | |
| 1910 | #26 | 121 | |
| 1909 | #24 | 142 | |
| 1908 | #21 | 142 | |
| 1907 | #19 | 142 | |
| 1906 | #24 | 122 | |
| 1905 | #14 | 156 | |
| 1904 | #19 | 141 | |
| 1903 | #14 | 153 | |
| 1902 | #13 | 143 | |
| 1901 | #20 | 124 | |
| 1900 | #14 | 133 | |
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