Venita
Venita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 648th, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1960243 births
- Best rank
- #648in 1960
- Since 1901
- 5,708people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,708 girls have been named Venita in the United States since 1901, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 243 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 243 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 39 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Venita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 79 | |
| 1910s | 394 | |
| 1920s | 602 | |
| 1930s | 654 | |
| 1940s | 631 | |
| 1950s | 1,241 | |
| 1960s | 1,173 | |
| 1970s | 549 | |
| 1980s | 270 | |
| 1990s | 63 | |
| 2000s | 23 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Venita was the 648th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Venita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arlethapeak 1963
- Anitapeak 1957
- Arnettapeak 1953
- Lorrettapeak 1957
- Vernettapeak 1951
- Vernitapeak 1961
- Willettepeak 1965
- Lornapeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.