Vinessa
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 372since 1956
Vinessa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Vinessa has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
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| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
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| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
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| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Vinessa! It came in at #4,467, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1960, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Vinessa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Vinessa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Vinessa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1956 at #4,467 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 118,724
- Highest: 1 in 118,724 girls born in 1988 were named Vinessa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,467 in 1956, was only 1 in 250,963 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 26.6% of all girls named Vinessa (99) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 | #4,467 (1956) | #4,467 |
| 1960s | 24 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,925 |
| 1970s | 61 | #4,871 (1973) | #7,079 |
| 1980s | 99 | #5,321 (1988) | #7,059 |
| 1990s | 84 | #5,955 (1993) | #9,897 |
| 2000s | 53 | #9,892 (2004) | #12,729 |
| 2010s | 38 | #11,969 (2013) | #14,502 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
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.
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