Vena
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,804since 1880
Vena over time
Rank among girls' names. Vena has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 |
| 1924 | #893 | 71 |
| 1923 | #953 | 60 |
| 1922 | #932 | 63 |
| 1921 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1920 | #885 | 67 |
| 1919 | #814 | 74 |
| 1918 | #948 | 57 |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 |
| 1916 | #1,005 | 47 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 |
| 1914 | #843 | 49 |
| 1913 | #840 | 39 |
| 1912 | #809 | 38 |
| 1911 | #777 | 31 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 |
| 1907 | #726 | 27 |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #537 | 36 |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 |
| 1900 | #567 | 37 |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 |
| 1894 | #535 | 29 |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 |
| 1889 | #532 | 23 |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vena was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1995, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Vena is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#473 · 1 in 5,589
- North Carolina#476 · 1 in 6,526
Best ever in a state: #292 in Kentucky, 1922.
Show every state
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| Tennessee | #473 | 5 | 1 in 5,589 |
| North Carolina | #476 | 6 | 1 in 6,526 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Vena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1882 (#740 → #507)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1886 (#557 → #828)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #491 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1880–1915
- Highest: 1 in 6,635 girls born in 1898 were named Vena (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 18.7% of all girls named Vena (523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | #507 (1882) | #621 |
| 1890s | 252 | #491 (1898) | #591 |
| 1900s | 286 | #537 (1902) | #674 |
| 1910s | 462 | #777 (1911) | #879 |
| 1920s | 523 | #885 (1920) | #1,066 |
| 1930s | 259 | #1,104 (1931) | #1,560 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,610 (1941) | #2,265 |
| 1950s | 180 | #2,289 (1959) | #2,688 |
| 1960s | 213 | #2,147 (1966) | #2,729 |
| 1970s | 141 | #3,342 (1973) | #4,641 |
| 1980s | 78 | #4,716 (1982) | #7,667 |
| 1990s | 29 | #8,223 (1999) | #10,956 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,595 (2002) | #15,029 |
| 2010s | 43 | #9,411 (2016) | #11,493 |
| 2020s | 17 | #12,161 (2024) | #14,220 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vena in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 29,811 of them was named Vena, which outranked 78.0% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,213Versie41
- #1,213Wava41
- #1,213Willadean41
- #1,233Vena40
- #1,233Alean40
- #1,233Alexandra40
- #1,233Arlyne40
- #1,261Alfred39
- #1,261Arrie39
- #1,261Athena39
Tied with 27 names at #1,233; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.