How rare is the name Venus?

8,172 people in the United States have the first name Venus, about 1 in 36,959. It ranks #2,832 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VENUS

#2,832

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,172
About
1 in 36,959
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,172 people named Venus, 30.2% reported their origin as Black, 24.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 23.1% as White. 97.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Venus peaked in 1959, when 295 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18872025
Peak year
1959
Births that year
295
In 2025*
96 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,057 babies have been given the name since 1887. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Venus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,269. The largest share of babies named Venus, 31.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#2,37517
1890s#1,64296
1900s#1,771116
1910s#2,118293
1920s#2,479337
1930s#3,183191
1940s#3,536186
1950s#1,740937
1960s#1,3321,780
1970s#1,2692,126
1980s#2,1491,030
1990s#4,189511
2000s#4,094748
2010s#3,919866
2020s#2,854823
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.8%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–6419.7%
Generation X 1965–8031.5%
Millennials 1981–9611.3%
Generation Z 1997–1211.8%
2013 and later14.5%

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 Venus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Venus has been most common in New York (2.8×), California (2.3×), and Illinois (2×), and least common in Tennessee (0.4×).

5,797 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.

Either side of Venus

#2,830 Kash · 8,175#2,831 Manny · 8,173#2,833 Simeon · 8,169#2,834 Adaline · 8,168

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Venus, most common first.

#41,400 Venis · 177

Also a last name

As a last name, Venus ranks #32,794 of 156,621, with 750 people. See Venus as a last name

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