girl's name

Venetia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,393

Venetia is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1958, when 99 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1916.

Venetia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Venetia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 27
1920s 79
1930s 61
1940s 33
1950s 361
1960s 331
1970s 150
1980s 120
1990s 78
2000s 21
2010s (to 2017) 15

How popular is Venetia?

In 2017, Venetia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Venetia is used

France #3,602 5 in 1990
England & Wales #6,920 3 in 2020
United States #17,896 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Venetia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Venetia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Venetia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Venetia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Venetia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Venetia

How popular is the name Venetia?

In 2017, Venetia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Venetia a girl's or a boy's name?

Venetia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Venetia most popular?

Venetia peaked in 1958, when 99 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.