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Venice

#5,388 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Venice has been given to 3,232 babies in the U.S. since 1895. In 2025 it ranked #5,388 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 63 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Venice, 2025

1 in 138,000

Venice over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Venice over time

In 2025, Venice went to 75% girls and 25% boys.

18952025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Venice: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Venice means

Venice is a given name.

The naming story behind Venice

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Venice in its glossary. The entry labels it feminine and points to printed page(s) 184.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Eng. Kelt. blessed”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Venice, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,946 girls were recorded with the name Venice between 1895 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 63 in 1921; its best national rank was #941 in 1921.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,069 in 2020 to #5,388 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,528 in 2015 to #5,388 in 2025.

In the United States, 286 boys were recorded with the name Venice between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2017; its best national rank was #2,615 in 1936.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,676 in 2020 to #9,639 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,557 in 2015 to #9,639 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Venice?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 138,000
24 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 67,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,388
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
95,747 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Venice sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Venice. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Venices were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Venice was born before 1965 — so the typical Venice is around 60 today.

Median birth year
1965
About 60 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
13.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
28.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,866
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 13.2% of all recorded uses (389).

Is Venice rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,431
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,319
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,860
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.53×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.1%
Peak was 1921 (63)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#941
1921

Spellings of Venice

Venice is not the most common spelling — Janice is, with 36.8% against Venice's 0.27%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Venice is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Venice was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 152,338 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 11,111
  2. 2California1 in 50,000
  3. 3Idaho1 in 50,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7Kentucky1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Venice has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Venice is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Venice was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Venice has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Venice around the world

Where Venice ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2017–2022
    #905
    in 2022
  • France
    2005–2005
    #5,092
    in 2005
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1962–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Venice by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,388
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,319
Best rank ever
#941
1921
Peak year
1921
63 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,946
Count in 2025
24

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,639
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 963
Best rank ever
#2,615
1936
Peak year
2017
12 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
286
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Venice

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

VenitaVenusVeneciaVennieCapriceVennaVenetaVenessaVeneziaVenaVenetiaFeliceJeniceAnniceVenettaVeniseLatriceShaniceDariceVenturaVereniceMauriceVenbaVenesa

Names with a curve like Venice

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Venice, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RafaelaAntoninaEnaMatildeZenobiaMaidaCleopatraLadyDomenicaRosariaMaryannaAugustina

Sibling names for Venice

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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