How popular is the name Venus?

Venus ranks 1,424th among girls' names in US records, with 9,970 births since 1887. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,216.

Is Venus a unisex name?

No. Venus is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1959, when 295 children were given the name. It has been in use for 138 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,424 of girl names

Pronounced V IY1 N AH0 S (ARPABET)

Venus is a girls' name, and first appears in 1887. It has been given to 9,970 children — the 1,424th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 57% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 1959, when 295 children were given it.

1959Girls: 295Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Venus?: Venus ranks 1,424th among girls' names in US records, with 9,970 births since 1887. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,216.
Is Venus a unisex name?: No. Venus is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Venus most popular?: 1959, when 295 children were given the name. It has been in use for 138 years and is still recorded as of 2024.