Girls' name · since 1880
Vena
2,804 babies named Vena in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,804
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 2,804 have been recorded since 1880.
Vena has 2,804 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2024.
- #3,757 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,804 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vena ranks #3,757 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,804 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,804
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vena's 2,804 recorded births place it above 94.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Kentucky.
Vena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vena's full recorded timeline at 1942, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2024
- Peak year (1919)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Vena by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (523 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Vena's strongest decade.
523 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Vena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 128
1880s
128 births
- 1890s
1890s
252 births
- 1900s
1900s
286 births
- 1910s
1910s
462 births
- 1920s
1920s
523 births
- 1930s
1930s
259 births
- 1940s 177
1940s
177 births
- 1950s 180
1950s
180 births
- 1960s
1960s
213 births
- 1970s 141
1970s
141 births
- 1980s 78
1980s
78 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 523 births (19% of all-time use).
How Vena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Vena's total volume
Vena by state
Where Vena concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 133 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 72 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 24 | 0.9% |
| #4 | California | | 23 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 23 | 0.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 21 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 19 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 18 | 0.6% |
133 of 2,804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Vena appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Vena's data
- Vena's decade-level peak was the 1920s (523 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Venas (133 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~144 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.