Venancio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- veh-NAHN-see-oh
- Origin
- Latin
Venancio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “hunter”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Venancio mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Latin Venantius
“hunter”
Spanish form of Latin Venantius, from venari, 'to hunt'; several early saints bore the name Venantius.
Is Venancio a girl's or a boy's name?
Venancio is a boys' name.
How popular is Venancio in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Venancio in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Venancio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Names like Venancio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Venancio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/venancio, updated 20 October 2026.