Recorded 1906–2020 Girls' name Peak 1920 266 births

Venora — girls' name

266 babies named Venora in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1900s101910s251920s881930s521940s441950s261960s162020s5
1920s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Venora was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

17 babies were named Venora in 1920 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Venora

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Venora between 1906 and 2020, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Venora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Venora in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venora 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.

Venora at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

266

Since 1906

115 years of records

Peak year

1920

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1906

Recorded for 115 years

Last year on file: 2020

Venora popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1906

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1920)
17
Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
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Venora by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
88 births that decade — 33% of Venora's all-time total
1900s101910s251920s881930s521940s441950s261960s162020s5

Venora by state

Where Venora concentrates geographically — total births since 1906

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Venora
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
15 5.6%
Texas share of Venora's total US births 5.6%

15 of 266 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Venora?
266 babies have been named Venora since 1906. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1920 with 17 births.
When was Venora most popular?
Venora was most popular in the 1920s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
Where is Venora most popular?
The top states for the name Venora are Texas (15 births).
How long has the name Venora been used?
Venora has been recorded in Social Security data since 1906, spanning 115 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Venora?
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, 1906–2020 (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.