Ventura — #8998 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ventura

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,301 babies named Ventura between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ventura currently holds the #8998 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Ventura is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 226 additional births since 1908.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ventura performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ventura shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 371 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ventura in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ventura 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 1,301 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.