Venus is an established girls' name that peaked in 1959 and has grown less common since.
Venus is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,001 for girl births in the United States (and #3,651 across all names), given to 96 babies. Venus first appears in 1887 and peaked in 1959 (295 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 96 | #2,001 | — |
| 2024 | 123 | 123 | #1,730 | #14,120 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | #1,470 | — |
| 2022 | 182 | 182 | #1,335 | #14,194 |
| 2021 | 137 | 137 | #1,542 | — |
| 2020 | 135 | 135 | #1,569 | — |
| 2019 | 112 | 112 | #1,830 | — |
| 2018 | 119 | 119 | #1,739 | — |
| 2017 | 116 | 116 | #1,801 | — |
| 2016 | 83 | 83 | #2,306 | — |
| 2015 | 71 | 71 | #2,554 | — |
| 2014 | 60 | 60 | #2,887 | — |
| 2013 | 75 | 81 | #2,435 | — |
| 2012 | 77 | 77 | #2,425 | — |
| 2011 | 66 | 66 | #2,692 | — |
| 2010 | 87 | 87 | #2,236 | — |
| 2009 | 93 | 93 | #2,163 | — |
| 2008 | 114 | 119 | #1,878 | — |
| 2007 | 66 | 66 | #2,786 | — |
| 2006 | 53 | 53 | #3,173 | — |
| 2005 | 73 | 73 | #2,434 | — |
| 2004 | 50 | 50 | #3,124 | — |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | #2,838 | — |
| 2002 | 84 | 84 | #2,061 | — |
| 2001 | 75 | 75 | #2,191 | — |
| 2000 | 85 | 85 | #1,984 | — |
| 1999 | 60 | 60 | #2,437 | — |
| 1998 | 78 | 78 | #1,957 | — |
| 1997 | 70 | — | #2,043 | — |
| 1996 | 34 | — | #3,425 | — |
| 1995 | 39 | — | #3,019 | — |
| 1994 | 52 | — | #2,463 | — |
| 1993 | 46 | — | #2,674 | — |
| 1992 | 46 | — | #2,686 | — |
| 1991 | 45 | — | #2,702 | — |
| 1990 | 41 | — | #2,849 | — |
| 1989 | 76 | — | #1,786 | — |
| 1988 | 46 | — | #2,416 | — |
| 1987 | 67 | — | #1,774 | — |
| 1986 | 69 | — | #1,716 | — |
| 1985 | 79 | — | #1,551 | — |
| 1984 | 88 | — | #1,361 | — |
| 1983 | 95 | — | #1,294 | — |
| 1982 | 164 | — | #957 | #4,981 |
| 1981 | 151 | — | #975 | — |
| 1980 | 195 | — | #834 | #5,501 |
| 1979 | 191 | — | #840 | #7,037 |
| 1978 | 219 | — | #723 | — |
| 1977 | 207 | — | #745 | — |
| 1976 | 218 | — | #681 | — |
| 1975 | 210 | — | #710 | — |
| 1974 | 217 | — | #698 | #5,979 |
| 1973 | 224 | — | #668 | — |
| 1972 | 227 | — | #664 | — |
| 1971 | 225 | — | #685 | — |
| 1970 | 188 | — | #768 | — |
| 1969 | 145 | — | #871 | — |
| 1968 | 151 | — | #830 | — |
| 1967 | 208 | — | #668 | — |
| 1966 | 171 | — | #754 | — |
| 1965 | 167 | — | #769 | — |
| 1964 | 178 | — | #792 | #4,566 |
| 1963 | 201 | — | #723 | — |
| 1962 | 168 | — | #812 | — |
| 1961 | 211 | — | #733 | #3,338 |
| 1960 | 180 | — | #760 | — |
| 1959 | 295 | — | #570 | — |
| 1958 | 106 | — | #1,011 | — |
| 1957 | 103 | — | #1,037 | — |
| 1956 | 112 | — | #955 | — |
| 1955 | 98 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1954 | 61 | — | #1,276 | — |
| 1953 | 37 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1952 | 44 | — | #1,468 | — |
| 1951 | 35 | — | #1,634 | — |
| 1950 | 46 | — | #1,364 | — |
| 1949 | 43 | — | #1,421 | — |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #2,252 | — |
| 1947 | 25 | — | #1,986 | — |
| 1946 | 21 | — | #2,088 | — |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #2,590 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #2,391 | — |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #3,031 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,974 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,835 | — |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,101 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | — | #2,410 | — |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #2,570 | — |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,442 | — |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #2,023 | — |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,300 | — |
| 1934 | 22 | — | #2,081 | #3,658 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #1,718 | — |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #1,873 | #4,249 |
| 1931 | 29 | — | #1,591 | #4,292 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1929 | 18 | — | #2,007 | — |
| 1928 | 34 | — | #1,337 | — |
| 1927 | 28 | — | #1,582 | — |
| 1926 | 26 | — | #1,663 | — |
| 1925 | 31 | — | #1,499 | — |
| 1924 | 36 | — | #1,379 | — |
| 1923 | 43 | — | #1,384 | #3,159 |
| 1922 | 39 | — | #1,267 | — |
| 1921 | 47 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #1,664 | #3,193 |
| 1919 | 32 | — | #1,391 | — |
| 1918 | 42 | — | #1,275 | #4,141 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | #1,401 | — |
| 1916 | 47 | — | #1,126 | #3,487 |
| 1915 | 43 | — | #1,137 | #3,805 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,478 | — |
| 1913 | 24 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1912 | 24 | — | #1,076 | — |
| 1911 | 17 | — | #1,108 | — |
| 1910 | 15 | — | #1,206 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #1,213 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,351 | — |
| 1907 | 13 | — | #1,135 | — |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,407 | — |
| 1905 | 13 | — | #1,092 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #1,360 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,582 | — |
| 1902 | 20 | — | #794 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,665 | — |
| 1900 | 15 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #1,178 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,095 | — |
| 1897 | 14 | — | #893 | — |
| 1896 | 13 | — | #949 | — |
| 1895 | 15 | — | #857 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,230 | — |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,427 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,651 | — |
| 1891 | 8 | — | #1,090 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #1,200 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,470 | — |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #1,299 | — |