Vennie
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,070 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 95.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,339since 1884
Vennie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
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| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
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| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,423 | 30 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,065 | 44 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | — | |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | — | |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 | — | |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | — | |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Vennie! It came in at #731, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Vennie is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#381 · 1 in 3,938
- Tennessee#466 · 1 in 4,875
- Alabama#479 · 1 in 4,974
- Texas#855 · 1 in 9,453
Best ever in a state: #309 in Tennessee, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #381 | 8 | 1 in 3,938 |
| Tennessee | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,875 |
| Alabama | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Texas | #855 | 5 | 1 in 9,453 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Vennie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
- Biggest jump: 501 spots in 1898 (#1,167 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 507 spots in 1892 (#943 → #1,450)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1898 at #666 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1901–1909
- Highest: 1 in 10,546 girls born in 1906 were named Vennie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,357 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #666 in 1898, was only 1 in 10,782 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.2% of all girls named Vennie (310) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1970, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #731 (1884) | #920 |
| 1890s | 102 | #666 (1898) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 175 | #689 (1906) | #899 |
| 1910s | 261 | #1,030 (1910) | #1,247 |
| 1920s | 310 | #1,207 (1922) | #1,467 |
| 1930s | 209 | #1,347 (1930) | #1,768 |
| 1940s | 120 | #1,882 (1941) | #2,881 |
| 1950s | 80 | #3,309 (1957) | #4,479 |
| 1960s | 31 | #4,239 (1961) | #5,179 |
| 1970s | 6 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,070 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vennie in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
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1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 24,574 of them was named Vennie, which outranked 79.9% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,054Natalia45
- #1,054Nila45
- #1,054Vella45
- #1,065Vennie44
- #1,065Aleen44
- #1,065Assunta44
- #1,065Astrid44
- #1,079Clarine43
- #1,079Cordia43
- #1,079Dean43
Tied with 13 names at #1,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.