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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Venus.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1887

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 139 recorded years as a table

Venus, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1887	34
1888	39
1889	28
1890	37
1891	43
1892	24
1893	28
1894	36
1895	64
1896	55
1897	60
1898	43
1899	39
1900	50
1901	25
1902	76
1903	27
1904	33
1905	45
1906	30
1907	41
1908	33
1909	37
1910	38
1911	41
1912	43
1913	38
1914	26
1915	38
1916	38
1917	27
1918	31
1919	28
1920	22
1921	38
1922	32
1923	28
1924	29
1925	25
1926	22
1927	23
1928	29
1929	16
1930	24
1931	23
1932	18
1933	21
1934	15
1935	13
1936	15
1937	12
1938	11
1939	12
1940	14
1941	9
1942	8
1943	8
1944	11
1945	10
1946	13
1947	14
1948	12
1949	25
1950	27
1951	19
1952	24
1953	20
1954	31
1955	50
1956	56
1957	50
1958	53
1959	146
1960	89
1961	101
1962	85
1963	104
1964	91
1965	95
1966	101
1967	126
1968	92
1969	86
1970	108
1971	135
1972	149
1973	154
1974	144
1975	144
1976	149
1977	135
1978	143
1979	116
1980	113
1981	91
1982	92
1983	57
1984	52
1985	46
1986	40
1987	39
1988	26
1989	41
1990	22
1991	24
1992	25
1993	25
1994	29
1995	22
1996	19
1997	40
1998	44
1999	34
2000	47
2001	42
2002	47
2003	30
2004	27
2005	40
2006	28
2007	34
2008	60
2009	51
2010	49
2011	38
2012	44
2013	43
2014	34
2015	40
2016	47
2017	67
2018	70
2019	67
2020	84
2021	83
2022	108
2023	93
2024	73
2025	60

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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Florida 1.9×
California 1.7×
Texas 1.3×

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More like it

More like Venus

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 96
Rank in 2025: #1,990
How rare: 1 in 16,742 girls
Since 1887: 9,956

Most popular in 1973, at 154 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 50% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Florida	1.9×	37
California	1.7×	62
Texas	1.3×	47

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.