Vanessa
#377 for girls in 2025, 813 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 7,516 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 33 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 261,622since 1900
Vanessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #377 | 813 | — | |
| 2024 | #334 | 938 | — | |
| 2023 | #304 | 1,014 | — | |
| 2022 | #311 | 1,026 | — | |
| 2021 | #253 | 1,226 | — | |
| 2020 | #209 | 1,384 | — | |
| 2019 | #271 | 1,224 | — | |
| 2018 | #231 | 1,378 | — | |
| 2017 | #203 | 1,521 | — | |
| 2016 | #197 | 1,664 | — | |
| 2015 | #187 | 1,729 | — | |
| 2014 | #171 | 1,927 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #152 | 2,095 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #123 | 2,554 | — | |
| 2011 | #120 | 2,620 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #107 | 2,888 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #91 | 3,523 | — | |
| 2008 | #78 | 4,032 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #71 | 4,447 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #79 | 4,169 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #80 | 4,095 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #75 | 4,350 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #70 | 4,352 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #68 | 4,455 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #64 | 4,672 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #62 | 5,134 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #57 | 5,287 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #52 | 5,830 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #54 | 5,796 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #60 | 5,746 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #63 | 5,404 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #59 | 5,552 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #55 | 5,890 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #55 | 6,080 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #56 | 5,926 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #56 | 6,409 | #2,214 | 32 |
| 1989 | #50 | 6,962 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1988 | #41 | 7,516 | #1,189 | 72 |
| 1987 | #43 | 7,348 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #43 | 7,469 | #1,511 | 44 |
| 1985 | #42 | 7,563 | #1,544 | 42 |
| 1984 | #45 | 7,156 | #1,458 | 43 |
| 1983 | #48 | 6,388 | #1,190 | 58 |
| 1982 | #49 | 6,154 | #1,278 | 53 |
| 1981 | #62 | 4,749 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #69 | 4,426 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #75 | 4,102 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #76 | 3,853 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #90 | 3,209 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #106 | 2,463 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #115 | 2,440 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #122 | 2,353 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #134 | 2,144 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #133 | 2,280 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #129 | 2,657 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #138 | 2,576 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #147 | 2,234 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #181 | 1,797 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #170 | 1,869 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #197 | 1,643 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #203 | 1,632 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #183 | 2,056 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #188 | 2,032 | — | |
| 1962 | #175 | 2,244 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #153 | 2,765 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #154 | 2,711 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #139 | 3,120 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #148 | 2,744 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #159 | 2,379 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #145 | 2,617 | — | |
| 1955 | #140 | 2,698 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #142 | 2,643 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #163 | 2,007 | — | |
| 1952 | #303 | 695 | — | |
| 1951 | #656 | 176 | — | |
| 1950 | #937 | 91 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,070 | 70 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,057 | 69 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Vanessa! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Vanessa is popular in 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#20 · 1 in 176
- Nevada#31 · 1 in 180
- Arizona#44 · 1 in 265
- Texas#45 · 1 in 288
- Oregon#49 · 1 in 252
Best ever in a state: #7 in New Mexico, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #20 | 1,301 | 1 in 176 |
| Nevada | #31 | 60 | 1 in 180 |
| Arizona | #44 | 130 | 1 in 265 |
| Texas | #45 | 554 | 1 in 288 |
| Oregon | #49 | 63 | 1 in 252 |
| Illinois | #54 | 229 | 1 in 299 |
| Washington | #57 | 97 | 1 in 297 |
| Florida | #60 | 270 | 1 in 304 |
| Rhode Island | #65 | 17 | 1 in 231 |
| Maine | #67 | 17 | 1 in 260 |
| Colorado | #73 | 74 | 1 in 334 |
| Utah | #74 | 53 | 1 in 345 |
| New Jersey | #78 | 116 | 1 in 359 |
| Vermont | #86 | 6 | 1 in 266 |
| Iowa | #87 | 37 | 1 in 367 |
| Wisconsin | #90 | 63 | 1 in 395 |
| New York | #91 | 212 | 1 in 458 |
| Connecticut | #92 | 39 | 1 in 368 |
| New Mexico | #93 | 24 | 1 in 340 |
| Massachusetts | #94 | 69 | 1 in 425 |
| Kansas | #99 | 33 | 1 in 410 |
| Minnesota | #99 | 59 | 1 in 445 |
| Alaska | #113 | 7 | 1 in 331 |
| Indiana | #114 | 63 | 1 in 516 |
| Hawaii | #115 | 10 | 1 in 366 |
| South Carolina | #119 | 31 | 1 in 552 |
| Michigan | #121 | 83 | 1 in 581 |
| North Carolina | #122 | 78 | 1 in 570 |
| District of Columbia | #125 | 9 | 1 in 390 |
| Oklahoma | #127 | 34 | 1 in 496 |
| Georgia | #131 | 83 | 1 in 609 |
| Nebraska | #131 | 17 | 1 in 494 |
| Montana | #132 | 7 | 1 in 399 |
| Maryland | #136 | 40 | 1 in 613 |
| Idaho | #142 | 13 | 1 in 497 |
| New Hampshire | #144 | 9 | 1 in 520 |
| Virginia | #148 | 55 | 1 in 672 |
| Pennsylvania | #151 | 76 | 1 in 729 |
| Arkansas | #156 | 19 | 1 in 634 |
| Ohio | #171 | 71 | 1 in 810 |
| Missouri | #187 | 33 | 1 in 860 |
| South Dakota | #191 | 5 | 1 in 608 |
| Tennessee | #195 | 33 | 1 in 923 |
| West Virginia | #317 | 5 | 1 in 1,436 |
| Louisiana | #331 | 14 | 1 in 1,485 |
| Alabama | #409 | 10 | 1 in 1,937 |
| Mississippi | #442 | 6 | 1 in 1,954 |
| Kentucky | #458 | 9 | 1 in 2,164 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Vanessa
- 43 spots since 2024 (#334 → #377)
- 168 spots since 2020 (#209 → #377)
- 190 spots since 2015 (#187 → #377)
- Biggest jump: 353 spots in 1952 (#656 → #303)
- Biggest drop: 58 spots in 2022 (#253 → #311)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1988 at #41 (7,516 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1977–2009
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1950–2025
- Highest: 1 in 228 girls born in 1985 were named Vanessa (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,977 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #41 in 1988, was only 1 in 237 (0.42%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.1% of all girls named Vanessa (65,731) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,723 (1900) | #1,723 |
| 1910s | 35 | #2,688 (1915) | #3,493 |
| 1920s | 51 | #3,350 (1923) | #4,278 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,264 (1935) | #2,578 |
| 1940s | 295 | #1,057 (1948) | #2,047 |
| 1950s | 19,170 | #139 (1959) | #293 |
| 1960s | 20,983 | #147 (1969) | #175 |
| 1970s | 28,077 | #75 (1979) | #112 |
| 1980s | 65,731 | #41 (1988) | #49 |
| 1990s | 57,920 | #52 (1998) | #57 |
| 2000s | 43,229 | #62 (2000) | #74 |
| 2010s | 19,600 | #107 (2010) | #176 |
| 2020s | 6,401 | #209 (2020) | #298 |
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.
Vanessa in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 422 of them was named Vanessa, which outranked 99.6% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 220,553 of them was named Vanessa, which outranked 43.0% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,976Zubair10
- #6,976Zuhair10
- #6,976Zyair10
- #7,536Vanessa9
- #7,536Aadam9
- #7,536Aaiden9
- #7,536Aalijah9
- #8,143Aashay8
- #8,143Abass8
- #8,143Abdiaziz8
Tied with 606 names at #7,536; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.