# Venus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/venus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvinəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,057 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 101 / 9,956 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 271, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,692 |
| 2012 | 77 | 2,425 |
| 2013 | 75 | 2,435 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,887 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,554 |
| 2016 | 83 | 2,306 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,801 |
| 2018 | 119 | 1,739 |
| 2019 | 112 | 1,830 |
| 2020 | 135 | 1,569 |
| 2021 | 137 | 1,542 |
| 2022 | 177 | 1,335 |
| 2023 | 150 | 1,470 |
| 2024 | 118 | 1,730 |
| 2025 | 96 | 2,001 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 7 | 3,487 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,141 |
| 1920 | 9 | 3,193 |
| 1923 | 9 | 3,159 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,292 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,249 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,658 |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,338 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,566 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,979 |
| 1979 | 5 | 7,037 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,501 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,981 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,194 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,120 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |

## People named Venus

- Venus Williams, American tennis player (born 1980)
- Venus Lux, American pornographic actress
- Venus Raj, Filipino model
- Venus Lacy, American basketball player (born 1967)
- Venus Terzo, Canadian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.