Venecia vs Ventura
American parents have registered 1,532 Venturas since 1880, against 840 Venecias. But in 2025 it was Venecia that was commoner, 10 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Venecia Ventura
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 112 years in which either name was published, Ventura for 77 years and Venecia for 35 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.
- 1908–1973 Ventura ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1980–1982 Venecia ahead
- 1992–1997 Ventura ahead
- 1998–2025 Venecia ahead, apart from 2 short spells
17 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Venecia | Ventura | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 840 | 1,532 |
| Most in one year | 28 | 33 |
| Babies in 2025 | 10 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 810 | 940 |
| Median age today | 29 | 41 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 1938 |
| Best rank | 4,291st girls | 1,397th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 9,457th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1956 | 1908 |
| Girls / boys | 840 / 0 | 231 / 1,301 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Venturas alive today are over 41; half the Venecias are over 29. That is 12 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Venecia California (9.3×)
- Ventura Texas (9.9×), California (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Venecia and Ventura.