Is Ventura a boy or girl name?

Ventura is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,532 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 15.1% were girls and 84.9% were boys.

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Ventura

Recorded 1908–2025 · United States

Ventura was most popular in 1920, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,520 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,532 people named Ventura.

Ventura over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ventura’s peak in 1920. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ventura a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ventura is mostly a boy’s name — 15.1% of the 1,532 Americans given it were girls and 84.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 14% girls and 86% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ventura

Where Ventura is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org