Venus

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Venus: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Venus: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,250 in 2000, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1250highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#1250
2001	#1439
2002	#1530
2003	#1325
2004	#2112
2005	#1406
2006	#1748
2007	#2085
2008	#2487
2009	#2326
2010	#2589
2011	#3185
2012	#3285
2013	#2313
2014	#4684
2015	#2328
2016	#2120
2017	#1995
2018	#2901
2019	#2286
2020	#3899
2021	#3192
2022	#2888
2023	#3218
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1250 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Venus by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Venus in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	124	10 of 10	12
2010s	95	10 of 10	10
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Venus appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1250 in England and Wales in 2000.

Venus's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,250, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Harsimran · #1250, 27y
Rosy · #1250, 29y
Tahsin · #1250, 24y
Tatum · #1250, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Harsimran · #1250, 27y
Rosy · #1250, 29y
Tahsin · #1250, 24y
Tatum · #1250, 29y

Venus and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Venus without appearing here.

Venus moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2120 and #5785.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #5730.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Venus

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.

Moved the same way as Venus

Blake Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Venus went from #3900 to #2000 and Blake from #3900 to #432.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Venus went from #3900 to #2000 and Frida from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Venus went from #3900 to #2000 and Meabh from #3225 to #952.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Venus went from #1250 to #2000 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1250 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Venus

Venus at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Venus by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Venus appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Venus and the names beside it

Venus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Venus

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Venus at a glance

Venus by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Venus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Venus and the names beside it

Venus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Venus

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