Girls' name · since 1956
Venecia
840 babies named Venecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,579 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 1956
- 2000s
- peak decade
840 babies have been named Venecia since 1956, making it today's #9579 girls' name.
Venecia has 840 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9579 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #8,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,579 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 840 born since 1956
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venecia ranks #8,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,579 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 840 born since 1956, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,579 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 1956
- 2000s
- peak decade
Venecia's 840 recorded births place it above 88.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Venecia compares
840 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Venecia's all-time total is 123% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Venecia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 840 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Venecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Venecia's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Venecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Venecia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (193 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Venecia's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Venecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 31
1950s
31 births
- 1960s 74
1960s
74 births
- 1970s
1970s
97 births
- 1980s
1980s
137 births
- 1990s
1990s
148 births
- 2000s
2000s
193 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 64
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 193 births (23% of all-time use).
How Venecia 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 Venecia's total volume
Venecia by state
Where Venecia concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 91 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
91 of 840 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Venecia's data
- Venecia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (193 total births); usage has since declined to 64 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Venecias (91 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Venecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Venecia 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.