Recorded 1942–2015 Girls' name Peak 1960 465 births

Venise — girls' name

465 babies named Venise in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s51950s941960s1241970s751980s811990s412000s352010s10
1960s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Venise was born in this single decade.

1960
Single peak year

21 babies were named Venise in 1960 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Venise

The Social Security Administration has registered 465 babies named Venise between 1942 and 2015, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venise performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Venise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Venise in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venise 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 465 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.

Venise at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

465

Since 1942

74 years of records

Peak year

1960

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1942

Recorded for 74 years

Last year on file: 2015

Venise popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1942

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1960)
21
Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
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Venise by decade

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

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
124 births that decade — 27% of Venise's all-time total
1940s51950s941960s1241970s751980s811990s412000s352010s10

Venise by state

Where Venise concentrates geographically — total births since 1942

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Venise
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 1.3%
#2 New York
5 1.1%
California share of Venise's total US births 1.3%
Even split

6 of 465 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Venise?
465 babies have been named Venise since 1942. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1960 with 21 births.
When was Venise most popular?
Venise was most popular in the 1960s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1960.
Where is Venise most popular?
The top states for the name Venise are California (6 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Venise been used?
Venise has been recorded in Social Security data since 1942, spanning 74 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Venise?
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, 1942–2015 (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.