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Venus

Girl's name · #2001 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Venus reached its best rank, #570, in 1959 and ranked #2001 in 2025. About 10,000 girls have carried it since 1887.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,197 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,845 in Canada (2024).

Famous Venuses

• Venus Williams — American tennis player (born 1980)
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata — Lebanese writer and poet (1937–2026)
• Venus Raj — Filipino model
• Venus Lacy — American basketball player (born 1967)
• Venus Terzo — Canadian actress

In stories & tradition

• Venus — Tannhäuser
• Venus Anadyomene — Greek mythology
• Venus de Milo — Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (TV series)

What Venuses become

Among 63 notable people named Venus:

Entertainers appear 3.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Venus Raj, Filipino model.

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