Ventura
Ventura is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Ventura
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ventura is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Ventura
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Ventura as a girl name dates back to 1908, when 6 babies received it. 1934 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Ventura — #2,424 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Ventura on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ventura last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 226 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Ventura as a boy name dates back to 1910, when 6 babies received it. 1938 was its biggest year on record, with 23 newborns named Ventura — #1,397 in the national rankings. Ventura last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ventura
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ventura. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ventura
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About the name Ventura
Ventura is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ventura's peak popularity came in 1938 when it ranked #1,397. Use the chart and map above to compare Ventura's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.