Boys' name · since 1914
Venson
Venson has 671 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,619 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 671
- born since 1914
- 1960s
- peak decade
Venson sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 671 recorded since 1914.
Venson has 671 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2017.
- #6,619 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 671 born since 1914
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venson ranks #6,619 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 671 born since 1914, peaking in the 1960s.
- #6,619 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 671
- born since 1914
- 1960s
- peak decade
Venson's 671 recorded births place it above 85.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Venson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Venson's full recorded timeline at 1960, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Venson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2017
- Peak year (1961)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Venson by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (116 births, 17% of the file).
1960s was Venson's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Venson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 46
1910s
46 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s
1950s
93 births
- 1960s
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
76 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 116 births (17% of all-time use).
How Venson compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Venson's total volume
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What to do with Venson's data
- Venson's decade-level peak was the 1960s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Venson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1914–2017 (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 Venson 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.