Venita vs Venson
American parents have registered 5,708 Venitas since 1880, against 671 Vensons. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Venita Venson
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 110 years in which either name was published, Venita for 104 years and Venson for 6 years. The lead changed hands 10 times.
Side by side
| Venita | Venson | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,708 | 671 |
| Most in one year | 243 | 16 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 3,500 | 400 |
| Median age today | 65 | 55 |
| Peak year | 1960 | 1961 |
| Best rank | 648th girls | 2,070th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1901 | 1914 |
| Girls / boys | 5,708 / 0 | 0 / 671 |
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 Venitas alive today are over 65; half the Vensons are over 55. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Venita and Venson.