Recorded 1969–2018 Girls' name Peak 2006 194 births

Venicia — girls' name

194 babies named Venicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s51970s431980s331990s562000s522010s5
1990s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Venicia was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

11 babies were named Venicia in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Venicia

The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Venicia between 1969 and 2018, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venicia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venicia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Venicia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Venicia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venicia 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 194 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.

Venicia at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

194

Since 1969

50 years of records

Peak year

2006

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1969

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2018

Venicia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1969

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2006)
11
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
4681012 20182006199919941990198219761969 5

Venicia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
56 births that decade — 29% of Venicia's all-time total
1960s51970s431980s331990s562000s522010s5

Venicia by state

Where Venicia concentrates geographically — total births since 1969

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Venicia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.6%
California share of Venicia's total US births 2.6%

5 of 194 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Venicia?
194 babies have been named Venicia since 1969. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2006 with 11 births.
When was Venicia most popular?
Venicia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Venicia most popular?
The top states for the name Venicia are California (5 births).
How long has the name Venicia been used?
Venicia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1969, spanning 50 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Venicia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Venus, Venessa, Venita, Venice, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1969–2018 (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.