Vena — #12125 US girls' name
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.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Vena was born in this single decade.
74 babies were named Vena in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vena
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,804 babies named Vena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vena currently holds the #12125 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 74 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 523 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Vena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vena in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,804 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1919)
- 74
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #12125 among girls.
2,804 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 74 births in a single year.
Vena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 523 births that decade — 19% of Vena's all-time total
Vena decade highlights
- Peak decade 523 births
- Runner-up 462 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Vena's strongest decade
523 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 4.7% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.9% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Vena appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.