Venus
Venus was given to 96 girls in 2025, #2,001 among girls’ names; 10,057 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,370 Americans named Venus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 22 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Venus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Venus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Venus is “a female given name.”
Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.
/ˈvinəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Venus?
#2,001 among girls’ names, 2025
Venus rose from #2,554 in 2015 to #2,001 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 39.8 to 59.7 per million.
295 babies in 1959, the peak
Venus peaked in 1959, when 295 girls were given it, #570 among girls’ names. The 96 births of 2025 are 33% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #2,001 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,730 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 150 | #1,470 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 177 | #1,335 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,542 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,569 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,830 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,739 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,801 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,306 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71 | #2,554 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,885 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,435 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,425 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,691 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 87 | #2,236 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 93 | #2,163 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,878 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,786 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,172 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,430 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,120 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,835 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,058 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,187 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,980 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 60 | #2,434 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,954 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,040 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,420 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 39 | #3,014 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,458 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,669 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,681 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,696 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,844 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,782 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,411 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,773 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,715 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,550 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 88 | #1,361 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 95 | #1,294 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 156 | #957 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 151 | #975 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 188 | #834 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 186 | #840 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 219 | #723 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 207 | #745 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 218 | #681 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 210 | #710 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 212 | #698 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 224 | #668 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 227 | #664 | 0.15 |
| 1971 | 225 | #685 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 188 | #768 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 145 | #871 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 151 | #830 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 208 | #668 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 171 | #754 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 167 | #769 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 173 | #792 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 201 | #723 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 168 | #812 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 203 | #733 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 180 | #760 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 295 | #570 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 106 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 103 | #1,036 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 112 | #954 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 61 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,645 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,633 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,251 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,985 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,087 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,589 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #3,030 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,972 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,833 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,100 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,410 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,569 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,441 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 16 | #2,023 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,299 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,080 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 18 | #2,006 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,581 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,662 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,498 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,664 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,213 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,582 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 20 | #794 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,664 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 15 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,177 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 14 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 13 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 15 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,229 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,199 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,469 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,299 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Venus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,057 Americans recorded as Venus, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 96 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Girls and boys named Venus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Venus, and how old are they?
8,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 10,057 Americans ever recorded as Venus. The median Venus alive today is 48 years old; half are between 22 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 8,172 people named Venus (7,989 women and girls, 183 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,846 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 77 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,630 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,940 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,170 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,450 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Venus born?
The states with the most babies named Venus are California, New York and Texas, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,330 | #1,478 | 1.3× |
| New York | 1,256 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Texas | 596 | #2,614 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 586 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 327 | #1,236 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 295 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 237 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 225 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 171 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 112 | #1,203 | 0.4× |
Where Venus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Venus is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Venus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 10,115 babies since 1880, Venus is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 96 of their 96 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Venus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Venus and names like it
- Compare Venus and VenisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sVenus peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Venus since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Venus.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Venus alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with VMost given first.