Vannessa
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 123 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,231since 1951
Vannessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Vannessa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 |
| 2002 | #3,334 | 41 |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 |
| 2000 | #2,480 | 61 |
| 1999 | #2,182 | 69 |
| 1998 | #2,691 | 50 |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 73 |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,982 | 69 |
| 1994 | #2,026 | 69 |
| 1993 | #1,569 | 98 |
| 1992 | #1,673 | 90 |
| 1991 | #1,517 | 102 |
| 1990 | #1,557 | 98 |
| 1989 | #1,333 | 116 |
| 1988 | #1,314 | 110 |
| 1987 | #1,182 | 123 |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 |
| 1985 | #1,666 | 70 |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,798 | 59 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 |
| 1979 | #1,998 | 51 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,922 | 51 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 |
| 1958 | #1,409 | 57 |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vannessa! It came in at #4,833, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Vannessa is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#798 · 1 in 6,923
- Illinois#1,097 · 1 in 11,823
- New York#1,382 · 1 in 15,499
- Texas#1,661 · 1 in 21,945
Best ever in a state: #322 in New Mexico, 1988.
Show every state
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| California | #798 | 30 | 1 in 6,923 |
| Illinois | #1,097 | 6 | 1 in 11,823 |
| New York | #1,382 | 7 | 1 in 15,499 |
| Texas | #1,661 | 6 | 1 in 21,945 |
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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 Vannessa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1987 at #1,182 (123 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,135 girls born in 1987 were named Vannessa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Vannessa (785) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 375 | #1,309 (1955) | #1,928 |
| 1960s | 366 | #1,430 (1960) | #2,146 |
| 1970s | 353 | #1,922 (1977) | #2,424 |
| 1980s | 761 | #1,182 (1987) | #1,714 |
| 1990s | 785 | #1,517 (1991) | #1,922 |
| 2000s | 428 | #2,480 (2000) | #3,511 |
| 2010s | 142 | #4,568 (2011) | #9,072 |
| 2020s | 21 | #10,250 (2020) | #12,435 |
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.
Vannessa in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 19,062 of them was named Vannessa, which outranked 88.9% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,405Talisha91
- #1,405Tory91
- #1,405Violeta91
- #1,420Vannessa90
- #1,420Adam90
- #1,420Amina90
- #1,420Brooklyn90
- #1,439Alise89
- #1,439Blake89
- #1,439Corrina89
Tied with 18 names at #1,420; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.