Ventura
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ven-TOO-rah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ventura is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “good fortune, luck”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ventura mean?
Spanish: Spanish and Italian word, from Latin venturus 'about to come'
“good fortune, luck”
Ventura, California, is short for San Buenaventura, the mission named after Saint Bonaventure.
Is Ventura a girl's or a boy's name?
Ventura is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ventura in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1938, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910. 5 girls were also named Ventura in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ventura in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ventura in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
Names like Ventura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joseph Victor Robert Thomas Manuel Richard William James Peter John Martin Paul
Names related to Ventura
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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, “Ventura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ventura, updated 20 October 2026.