Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ventura*

#3,695 most common boys' name of all time · #9,005 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1908–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,695
Rank overall
#9,005 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
1,532
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1920 #1,681
Best rank
#1,426 1938
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ventura first appears in 1908. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 —
2024 5 8 13 #9,044
2022 — 7 7 #9,878
2020 — 10 10 #7,539
2019 — 10 10 #7,678
2018 — 9 9 #8,198
2017 — 8 8 #8,891
2016 — 7 7 #9,729
2014 — 5 5 #12,205
2013 — 8 8 #8,854
2012 — 6 6 #10,857
2011 — 10 10 #7,548
2010 — 10 10 #7,625
2009 — 9 9 #8,345
2008 — 17 17 #5,264
2007 — 11 11 #7,138
2006 — 10 10 #7,472
2005 — 10 10 #7,145
2004 — 12 12 #6,172
2003 — 12 12 #5,907
2002 — 10 10 #6,566
2001 — 10 10 #6,487
2000 — 17 17 #4,413
1999 — 9 9 #6,570
1998 — 12 12 #5,196
1997 — 17 17 #3,902
1996 5 23 28 #3,121
1995 6 15 21 #4,082
1994 — 18 18 #3,626
1993 — 19 19 #3,389
1992 5 18 23 #3,484
1991 — 17 17 #3,493
1990 5 14 19 #4,001
1989 — 15 15 #3,653
1988 8 17 25 #3,111
1987 — 8 8 #5,035
1986 5 7 12 #5,418
1985 — 10 10 #4,102
1984 — 12 12 #3,515
1983 5 9 14 #4,198
1982 — 9 9 #4,294
1981 — 13 13 #3,261
1980 — 10 10 #3,894
1979 5 19 24 #2,500
1978 — 12 12 #3,255
1977 — 10 10 #3,655
1976 — 6 6 #5,050
1975 6 14 20 #2,791
1974 — 10 10 #3,389
1973 6 13 19 #2,761
1972 — 18 18 #2,176
1971 — 9 9 #3,445
1970 — 11 11 #2,952
1969 — 11 11 #2,730
1968 — 10 10 #2,790
1967 — 13 13 #2,280
1966 — 13 13 #2,258
1965 — 15 15 #2,126
1964 — 12 12 #2,460
1963 5 12 17 #2,468
1962 — 21 21 #1,787
1961 — 8 8 #3,172
1960 — 8 8 #3,163
1959 — 11 11 #2,580
1958 — 10 10 #2,699
1957 5 9 14 #2,899
1956 5 20 25 #1,791
1955 — 11 11 #2,490
1954 — 11 11 #2,505
1953 — 18 18 #1,868
1952 — 14 14 #2,118
1951 — 14 14 #2,094
1950 10 10 20 #2,509
1949 — 13 13 #2,180
1948 — 13 13 #2,172
1947 — 13 13 #2,217
1946 — 8 8 #2,772
1945 — 21 21 #1,473
1944 — 16 16 #1,781
1943 — 17 17 #1,809
1942 — 9 9 #2,612
1941 — 7 7 #2,958
1940 — 8 8 #2,747
1938 6 23 29 #1,426
1937 5 10 15 #2,397
1936 — 5 5 #3,696
1935 — 12 12 #2,196
1934 12 8 20 #2,846
1933 8 11 19 #2,294
1932 5 8 13 #2,945
1931 5 19 24 #1,674
1930 5 9 14 #2,876
1929 8 20 28 #1,710
1928 8 22 30 #1,638
1927 7 15 22 #2,166
1926 — 14 14 #2,248
1925 8 16 24 #2,053
1924 — 22 22 #1,713
1923 9 16 25 #2,083
1922 9 9 18 #3,097
1921 — 12 12 #2,565
1920 11 22 33 #1,681
1919 — 11 11 #2,587
1918 5 8 13 #3,183
1916 5 7 12 #3,272
1915 8 5 13 #3,937
1914 5 5 10 #3,389
1910 5 6 11 #1,562
1908 6 — 6 —