Girls' name · since 1900
Venna
Venna has 531 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,145 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 531
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
531 babies have been named Venna since 1900, making it today's #10145 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venna has been recorded 531 times among girls since 1900, currently ranked #10145 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2025.
- #11,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,145 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 531 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venna ranks #11,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,145 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 531 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,145 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 531
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Venna's 531 recorded births place it above 84.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
How Venna compares
531 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Venna's all-time total is 41% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Venna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 531 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Venna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Venna's full recorded timeline at 1938, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Venna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Venna by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (130 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Venna's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Venna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 33
1900s
33 births
- 1910s
1910s
82 births
- 1920s
1920s
130 births
- 1930s
1930s
64 births
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 130 births (24% of all-time use).
How Venna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Venna's total volume
Venna by state
Where Venna concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
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What to do with Venna's data
- Venna's decade-level peak was the 1920s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Utah records the most Vennas (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Venna
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Venna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Venna 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.