Recorded 1880–1959 Girls' name Peak 1916 345 births

Venie — girls' name

345 babies named Venie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s381890s631900s601910s861920s671930s201940s61950s5
1910s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Venie was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

16 babies were named Venie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Venie

The Social Security Administration has registered 345 babies named Venie between 1880 and 1959, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Venie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Venie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venie 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 345 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.

Venie at a glance

Last recorded 1959

Total births

345

Since 1880

80 years of records

Peak year

1916

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1959

Active since

1880

Recorded for 80 years

Last year on file: 1959

Venie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1880

Last recorded 1959
Peak year (1916)
16
Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
05101520 195919291922191619091901189418841880 6

Venie by decade

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

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
86 births that decade — 25% of Venie's all-time total
1880s381890s631900s601910s861920s671930s201940s61950s5

Venie by state

Where Venie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Venie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Alabama
5 1.4%
#2 North Carolina
5 1.4%
Alabama share of Venie's total US births 1.4%
Even split

5 of 345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Venie?
345 babies have been named Venie since 1880. It was last recorded in 1959. The peak year was 1916 with 16 births.
When was Venie most popular?
Venie was most popular in the 1910s decade with 86 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
Where is Venie most popular?
The top states for the name Venie are Alabama (5 births), North Carolina (5 births).
How long has the name Venie been used?
Venie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 80 years of data through 1959.
What names are similar to Venie?
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, 1880–1959 (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.