first name
VENITA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,594 people named Venita, 45.6% reported their origin as Black, 43.1% as White and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Venita peaked in 1960, when 243 babies got the name.
At least 5,708 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Venita by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,505. The largest share of babies named Venita, 40.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Venita is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Venita has been most common in Missouri (5.2×), Arkansas (4×), and Kansas (3.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.26×).
2,598 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Venita, most common first.
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