Venus is a distinctive choice, ranked #2001 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Venus in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2001
About the Name Venus
Venus is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1898 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1250 in 2000 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Venus is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Venus
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Venus per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Venus in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Venus is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1898 places over the last five years to #2001 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Venus is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Venus include: Rokeby Venus — The Rokeby Venus ( ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid and, in Spanish, La Venus del espejo) is a painting by...; Venus Raj — Maria Venus Bayonito Raj-Orillan is a Filipino actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010.; Venus Anadyomene — Venus Anadyomene (Greek: Ἀναδυομένη, romanized: Anadyoménê, lit..
Venus does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Venuss in the wild.
14
UK babies named Venus (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 1898 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Venus
Likely around 1 other Venus in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Venus
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
The Rokeby Venus ( ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid and, in Spanish, La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Completed between 1647 and 1651, and probably painted during the artist's visit to Italy, the work depicts the goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed with her back facing the viewer, and looking into a mirror held by the Roman god of physical love, her son Cupid.
Maria Venus Bayonito Raj-Orillan is a Filipino actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant and placed 4th Runner-up.
Venus Anadyomene (Greek: Ἀναδυομένη, romanized: Anadyoménê, lit. 'rising from the sea', Ancient Greek pronunciation: [a.na.dy.o'me.nεː]) is one of the iconic representations of the goddess Venus (Aphrodite), made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny's Natural History, with the anecdote that the great Apelles employed Campaspe, a mistress of Alexander the Great, for his model.
The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus) is an oil painting by Italian painter Titian, depicting a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. Work on the painting seems to have begun anywhere from 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538.
The Crouching Venus is a Hellenistic model of Venus surprised at her bath. Venus crouches with her right knee close to the ground, turns her head to the right and, in most versions, reaches her right arm over to her left shoulder to cover her breasts.