Ventura

The name Ventura is the #6,231 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,514 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 19.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,321 (27.5% percentile) for all time with 1,293 births since 1910. For girls, it ranks #5,495 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 221 births since 1908.

Ventura first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (1908 for girls and 1910 for boys). Birth data for Ventura is available in 107 out of the 115 years between 1908 and 2022 (106 years for boys and 34 years for girls). 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.

The name Ventura has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Ventura were boys. Interestingly, until around 1918, the name was more popular for girls (55.8% girls from 1908 to 1917), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.9% boys from 1918 to 2022).

For boys, Ventura reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #506) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 29 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.

For girls, Ventura reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #560) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 17 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.