Recorded 1887–2025 · United States
Venus was most popular in 1959, when 295 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,014 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,627, with 96 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,057 people named Venus.
Venus first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1887, which makes it about 138 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 139 of the 139 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,057 American births named Venus between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 8,465 are estimated to be alive today.
96 American babies were named Venus in 2025, ranking #3,627 that year.
Venus is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 138 births a year, against 70 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +97% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Venus is a girl’s name — 99.0% of the 10,057 Americans given it were girls and 1.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% 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.
Roughly 8,465 Americans named Venus are alive today — 84% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 48 years old, and half are between 22 and 59. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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