Girls' name · since 2013
Venelope
76 babies named Venelope in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
76 girls have been named Venelope since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Venelope has 76 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2023.
- #30,274 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venelope ranks #30,274 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Venelope's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Venelope's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Venelope splits its recorded history at 2019: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Venelope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2023
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Venelope by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Venelope's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Venelope births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Venelope's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Venelope: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2013–2023 (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 Venelope 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.