Boys' name · since 1913
Venton
Venton has 58 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,184 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1913
- 1950s
- peak decade
Venton is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 58 have been recorded since 1913.
Venton has 58 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1965.
- #21,184 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 1913
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Venton ranks #21,184 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1913, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,184 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1913
- 1950s
- peak decade
Venton's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Venton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Venton's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Venton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1965
- Peak year (1957)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Venton by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (18 births, 31% of the file).
1950s was Venton's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Venton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 18 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Venton's decade-level peak was the 1950s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Venton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~52 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, 1913–1965 (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 Venton 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.