Venus
Feminine · “love”
Venus is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 9,956 girls against 101 boys since 1880.
Venus is Latin for desire — the noun before the goddess — and the same root gives venerate, venom and the English 'win'.
How old is the name Venus?
Venus first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Venus alive today was born around 1974, making them about 51 years old. About 8,500 people named Venus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Venus most popular?
Venus peaked in 1959, reaching #570 nationally. Today it ranks #1990, 1,420 places below that high. See the whole 1959 chart.
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Where it comes from
From venus to Venus
The story of Venus
Venus was the Roman goddess of love and the mother of Aeneas, and so an ancestor of Rome itself; Julius Caesar's family claimed descent from her. The planet is named for her because it is the brightest. The name entered American given-name use in the twentieth century and is in current use.
Meaning
love, desire, charm
From the Latin venus, 'love' or 'charm', a common noun before it named the goddess. The root gives venerari, 'to worship', venenum, 'a love-potion' and then poison, and the Germanic wunsch and English 'win' and 'wish'. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- venus
- Venus
Related forms: Venus · Aphrodite · Venus
Pronouncing Venus
VEE-nus
Two syllables, stress on the first. Classical Latin says WEH-nus.
Nicknames for Venus
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1887
- Most girls named
- 1971225 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #570reached in 1959
- Change vs 2022
- −45.8%96 in 2025, from 177
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Venus in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Venus in Latin — same name
- Aphrodite in Greek — related form
- Venus in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Venuss among us
people named Venus are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,742 born in 2025 was named Venus
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Karolyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Venus's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Karolyn climbed just as high around 1941, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Karolyn's path sketches the road Venus is walking now.
Venus sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Venus is headed
Venus should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Venus beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Venus in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That venom, venerate and 'win' share a root with it is a first-rate etymology.
- A major Roman deity and the brightest planet both carry it.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The goddess association is total and specifically about desire.
- The planet is a strong association too.
- It reads as unusual and will be asked about.
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Feminine · #1990 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Venuss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 8,500 people named Venus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Venus in 2025?
- Venus ranks #1990 among US girl names in 2025, with 96 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Venus?
- About 1 in every 16,742 US girls born in 2025 was named Venus — 96 in all.
- Will my child share the name Venus with classmates?
- Venus will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Venus
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Kristen#1990 · Caliyah#1990 · Emrie#1990 · Cambria#1990 · Arayah#1990 · Gema#1990 · Fiadh#1990 · Maylani#1990
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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