Venus
Girl · VEE-nus · Latin
Venus is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “love; desire”. In 2025 it ranked 1,990th for girls in the US (96 babies).
What does Venus mean?
Latin: name of the Roman goddess
“love; desire”
The Roman goddess of love and beauty, whose name was also given to the second planet from the Sun.
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Is Venus a girl's or a boy's name?
Venus is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Venus in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Venus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Venus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Venus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 96 girls in the US were named Venus, making it the 1,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 295 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Venus than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Venus in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 96% of the babies named Venus in the US were girls.
Venus in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,990 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,719 |
| 2023 | 150 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 177 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,532 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,727 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,663 |
| 2010 | 87 | #2,220 |
| 2009 | 93 | #2,148 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,965 |
| 1999 | 60 | #2,421 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,937 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,020 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,765 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,761 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,690 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,535 |
| 1984 | 88 | #1,355 |
| 1983 | 95 | #1,283 |
| 1982 | 156 | #950 |
| 1981 | 151 | #971 |
| 1980 | 188 | #832 |
| 1979 | 186 | #836 |
| 1978 | 219 | #722 |
| 1977 | 207 | #740 |
| 1976 | 218 | #681 |
| 1975 | 210 | #707 |
| 1974 | 212 | #693 |
| 1973 | 224 | #664 |
| 1972 | 227 | #661 |
| 1971 | 225 | #682 |
| 1970 | 188 | #767 |
| 1969 | 145 | #868 |
| 1968 | 151 | #826 |
| 1967 | 208 | #668 |
| 1966 | 171 | #752 |
| 1965 | 167 | #767 |
| 1964 | 173 | #786 |
| 1963 | 201 | #722 |
| 1962 | 168 | #806 |
| 1961 | 203 | #730 |
| 1960 | 180 | #759 |
| 1959 | 295 | #570 |
| 1958 | 106 | #1,006 |
| 1957 | 103 | #1,032 |
| 1956 | 112 | #950 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,009 |
| 1954 | 61 | #1,266 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,453 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,610 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,351 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,548 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,354 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,350 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,252 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,115 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,255 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,114 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,115 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,120 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,055 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,047 |
| 1897 | 14 | #867 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
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