boy's name

Venture

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 85

Venture is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Venture is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2012.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Venture over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Venture by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2010s 21
2020s (to 2025) 64

How popular is Venture?

In 2025, Venture was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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 Venture

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

Parents who like Venture also like

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

Sibling names for Venture

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

Common questions about Venture

How popular is the name Venture?

In 2025, Venture was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Venture is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Venture?

Venture has 2 syllables.

When was Venture most popular?

Venture peaked in 2024, when 17 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Venture a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Venture currently ranks #8,878 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.