girls:
811 births since 1956
#4905 (14th percentile)
overall:
811 births since 1956
#6928 (10th percentile)
The name Venecia is the #6,928 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 811 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 10.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,905 (14.2% percentile) for all time with 811 births since 1956.
Venecia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for girls in 1956). Birth data for Venecia is available in 64 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Venecia reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #874) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Venecia ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 48.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Venecia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Venecia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 21 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Venetia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Venetia..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Venecia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.5% confident that Venecia is pronounced as vuh-NEE-shuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is veh-NEE-shuh, at 13.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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