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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ventura

Ventura was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1938, when it ranked 1435th with 23 babies. More babies were named Ventura in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
40% girls, 60% boys2021–2025
Peak year
193823 babies
Total since 1880
1,532babies recorded

Ventura popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#17,108—5—
2020—#8,010—10
2010—#8,096—10
2000—#4,559—17
1990#15,180#4,160514
1980—#4,121—10
1970—#3,063—11
1960—#3,325—8
1950#3,654#2,5701010
1940—#2,855—8
1930#5,212#3,00859
1920#3,085#1,6901122
1910#2,763#1,57556
1900————
1890————
1880————

How popular is Ventura, counting every spelling?

Ventura has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Ventura?

About 800 people born in the US named Ventura are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 26 and 61. That makes Ventura mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Ventura by state

How common Ventura was among boys born in each state in 1936–1940, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (9.8×). In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ventura, boys, 1936–1940. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Ventura: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ventura, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Ventura

How popular is the name Ventura?

Ventura was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1938, when it ranked 1435th with 23 babies. More babies were named Ventura in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Ventura a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 40% girls, 60% boys given the name Ventura in the US.

Where was Ventura most popular?

In 1936–1940, Ventura was most common in Texas (0.08 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.