Venkat

Boys' name

Variant of Venkata

Venkat has been given to 106 babies in the U.S. since 1988. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Venkat, 2012

1 in 732,000

Venkat over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Venkat: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Venkata

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Venkat means

Venkat is a variant of Venkata.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Venkat is used in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Venkata.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 106 boys were recorded with the name Venkat between 1988 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2005; its best national rank was #6,501 in 1999.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Venkat?

Venkat had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,590 births
Among boys only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,051 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Venkat sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 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 507,051 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Venkat. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Venkats were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Venkat was born before 2004 — so the typical Venkat is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 53.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 106; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 53.8% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Venkat 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (11)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,501; 1999

Venkat around the world

Where Venkat 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.

South Australia
2004–2004
#589
in 2004

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Venkat by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,501; 1999
Peak year: 2005; 11 that year
First recorded: 1988
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 106
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Venkat

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

Ventus Venture Venice Vencil Vennie Venton Venus Venard Vence Vencent Venicio Veniamin Venson Vennis Venis Venancio Ventura Vent Venoy Ventrell Shawkat

Sibling names for Venkat

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

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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