Venus
Venus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 117 births. Its best rank was 570th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1170.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1959295 births
- Best rank
- #570in 1959
- Since 1887
- 9,858people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,858 girls have been named Venus in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 295 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 21%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Venus | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | |
| 1890s | 96 | |
| 1900s | 116 | |
| 1910s | 274 | |
| 1920s | 319 | |
| 1930s | 175 | |
| 1940s | 186 | |
| 1950s | 937 | |
| 1960s | 1,767 | |
| 1970s | 2,116 | |
| 1980s | 1,015 | |
| 1990s | 511 | |
| 2000s | 748 | |
| 2010s | 866 | |
| 2020s | 715 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Venus was the 570th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Venus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aletheapeak 1973
- Angiepeak 1975
- Georginapeak 2024
- Aidapeak 2005
- Melitapeak 1973
- Leapeak 1970
- Darcypeak 1970
- Deapeak 1963
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.