Recorded 1970–2015 Girls' name Peak 1983 266 births

Venisha — girls' name

266 babies named Venisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s631980s1191990s582000s212010s5
1980s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Venisha was born in this single decade.

1983
Single peak year

25 babies were named Venisha in 1983 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Venisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Venisha between 1970 and 2015, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Venisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Venisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venisha 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 266 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.

Venisha at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

266

Since 1970

46 years of records

Peak year

1983

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1970

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2015

Venisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1970

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1983)
25
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
051015202530 20151997199219881984198019761970 5

Venisha by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
119 births that decade — 45% of Venisha's all-time total
1970s631980s1191990s582000s212010s5

Venisha by state

Where Venisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Venisha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 1.9%
New York share of Venisha's total US births 1.9%

5 of 266 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Venisha?
266 babies have been named Venisha since 1970. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1983 with 25 births.
When was Venisha most popular?
Venisha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 119 total births. The single peak year was 1983.
Where is Venisha most popular?
The top states for the name Venisha are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Venisha been used?
Venisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 46 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Venisha?
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, 1970–2015 (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.