Venetia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Venetia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,276 babies named Venetia between 1916 and 2017, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venetia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venetia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 361 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Venetia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Venetia in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venetia 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 1,276 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.