Girls' name · since 1962
Venissa
127 babies named Venissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,537 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Venissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 127 recorded since 1962.
Social Security Administration records show Venissa recorded 127 times among girls since 1962, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1986.
- #24,537 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venissa ranks #24,537 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,537 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Venissa's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Venissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Venissa splits its recorded history at 1976: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Venissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1986
- Peak year (1970)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Venissa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (74 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Venissa's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Venissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 74 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Venissa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 1980s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Venissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Venissa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.