Venita
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 243 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,708since 1901
Venita over time
Rank among girls' names. Venita has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,851 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 |
| 1975 | #1,404 | 75 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 |
| 1970 | #1,490 | 67 |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 |
| 1968 | #1,190 | 83 |
| 1967 | #1,187 | 80 |
| 1966 | #1,291 | 70 |
| 1965 | #1,122 | 89 |
| 1964 | #1,125 | 95 |
| 1963 | #1,036 | 107 |
| 1962 | #902 | 137 |
| 1961 | #737 | 199 |
| 1960 | #648 | 243 |
| 1959 | #777 | 172 |
| 1958 | #801 | 157 |
| 1957 | #848 | 143 |
| 1956 | #843 | 139 |
| 1955 | #869 | 125 |
| 1954 | #847 | 124 |
| 1953 | #743 | 151 |
| 1952 | #1,004 | 88 |
| 1951 | #1,170 | 64 |
| 1950 | #1,034 | 78 |
| 1949 | #1,064 | 71 |
| 1948 | #910 | 91 |
| 1947 | #1,127 | 63 |
| 1946 | #1,107 | 59 |
| 1945 | #1,279 | 39 |
| 1944 | #937 | 68 |
| 1943 | #986 | 65 |
| 1942 | #1,065 | 54 |
| 1941 | #975 | 56 |
| 1940 | #887 | 65 |
| 1939 | #824 | 70 |
| 1938 | #851 | 69 |
| 1937 | #856 | 65 |
| 1936 | #795 | 72 |
| 1935 | #769 | 77 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #915 | 55 |
| 1932 | #856 | 66 |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 |
| 1930 | #831 | 73 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 |
| 1928 | #1,051 | 51 |
| 1927 | #982 | 60 |
| 1926 | #903 | 68 |
| 1925 | #953 | 61 |
| 1924 | #985 | 60 |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 |
| 1921 | #890 | 69 |
| 1920 | #931 | 61 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #930 | 59 |
| 1917 | #986 | 50 |
| 1916 | #915 | 55 |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Venita! It came in at #1,007, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Venita is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#399 · 1 in 4,080
- Arkansas#417 · 1 in 3,867
- Missouri#454 · 1 in 5,426
- Kentucky#457 · 1 in 5,686
- Tennessee#510 · 1 in 6,453
Best ever in a state: #256 in Kansas, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #399 | 9 | 1 in 4,080 |
| Arkansas | #417 | 5 | 1 in 3,867 |
| Missouri | #454 | 8 | 1 in 5,426 |
| Kentucky | #457 | 6 | 1 in 5,686 |
| Tennessee | #510 | 6 | 1 in 6,453 |
| Georgia | #514 | 7 | 1 in 6,561 |
| North Carolina | #644 | 5 | 1 in 10,329 |
| Illinois | #655 | 9 | 1 in 11,076 |
| Texas | #675 | 14 | 1 in 8,001 |
| Ohio | #709 | 7 | 1 in 14,567 |
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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 Venita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 587 spots in 1914 (#1,465 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1945 (#937 → #1,279)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1960 at #648 (243 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1914–1927
- Highest: 1 in 8,321 girls born in 1960 were named Venita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Venita (1,241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 79 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,374 |
| 1910s | 394 | #865 (1915) | #1,017 |
| 1920s | 602 | #890 (1921) | #962 |
| 1930s | 654 | #769 (1935) | #858 |
| 1940s | 631 | #887 (1940) | #1,034 |
| 1950s | 1,241 | #743 (1953) | #894 |
| 1960s | 1,173 | #648 (1960) | #1,061 |
| 1970s | 549 | #1,404 (1975) | #1,830 |
| 1980s | 270 | #2,236 (1983) | #3,580 |
| 1990s | 63 | #6,588 (1991) | #9,064 |
| 2000s | 23 | #9,874 (2000) | #12,000 |
| 2010s | 17 | #13,793 (2018) | #14,820 |
| 2020s | 12 | #13,462 (2023) | #13,463 |
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.
Venita in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
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1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 15,661 of them was named Venita, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #841Marita125
- #841Rosita125
- #841Sharen125
- #847Venita124
- #847Cara124
- #847Joleen124
- #847Odessa124
- #852Carmella123
- #852Hollis123
- #852Jacquelin123
Tied with 4 names at #847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.