Vanesa
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 246 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,539since 1953
Vanesa over time
Rank among girls' names. Vanesa has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,092 | 54 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,582 | 68 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,211 | 84 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,624 | 133 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,857 | 108 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,751 | 118 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,358 | 175 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,117 | 231 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,100 | 236 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,126 | 220 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,125 | 209 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,050 | 220 | — | |
| 2003 | #967 | 240 | — | |
| 2002 | #850 | 271 | — | |
| 2001 | #989 | 217 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,053 | 197 | — | |
| 1999 | #971 | 213 | — | |
| 1998 | #928 | 225 | — | |
| 1997 | #839 | 246 | — | |
| 1996 | #840 | 237 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,014 | 183 | — | |
| 1994 | #912 | 209 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,100 | 164 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,164 | 151 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,087 | 166 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,141 | 151 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,196 | 136 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,246 | 119 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,209 | 119 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,177 | 120 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,178 | 120 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,080 | 129 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,144 | 116 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,461 | 82 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,700 | 67 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,998 | 51 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vanesa! It came in at #4,595, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Vanesa is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#482 · 1 in 3,262
- New York#979 · 1 in 9,717
- Illinois#989 · 1 in 10,428
- Florida#1,060 · 1 in 10,876
- Texas#1,395 · 1 in 16,669
Best ever in a state: #203 in Nevada, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #482 | 62 | 1 in 3,262 |
| New York | #979 | 11 | 1 in 9,717 |
| Illinois | #989 | 7 | 1 in 10,428 |
| Florida | #1,060 | 6 | 1 in 10,876 |
| Texas | #1,395 | 8 | 1 in 16,669 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Vanesa
- 542 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #4,758)
- 729 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #4,758)
- 1,666 spots since 2015 (#3,092 → #4,758)
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1994 (#1,100 → #912)
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 2003 (#850 → #967)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1997 at #839 (246 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1996–1999
- Highest: 1 in 6,631 girls born in 2002 were named Vanesa (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #839 in 1997, was only 1 in 7,076 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.9% of all girls named Vanesa (2,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 63 | #2,755 (1958) | #4,478 |
| 1960s | 120 | #3,060 (1961) | #3,961 |
| 1970s | 274 | #1,998 (1979) | #3,050 |
| 1980s | 1,064 | #1,080 (1984) | #1,330 |
| 1990s | 1,945 | #839 (1997) | #1,000 |
| 2000s | 2,216 | #850 (2002) | #1,074 |
| 2010s | 710 | #1,624 (2012) | #2,938 |
| 2020s | 147 | #4,758 (2025) | #5,203 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vanesa in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 14,340 of them was named Vanesa, which outranked 90.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,172Marybeth121
- #1,172Nichol121
- #1,172Racquel121
- #1,178Vanesa120
- #1,178Aracely120
- #1,178Camilla120
- #1,178Cassi120
- #1,185Ariane119
- #1,185Ebonie119
- #1,185Hazel119
Tied with 6 names at #1,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Vanesa, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.