Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anessa

#3,534 most common girls' name of all time · #6,043 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among girls
#3,534
Rank overall
#6,043 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
2,876
Since 2016
397
Peak year
2007 #1,732
Best rank
#1,568 2002
Girls Boys peak 126/yr
198020002020

Anessa first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 34 — 34 #4,206
2024 37 — 37 #3,995
2023 27 — 27 #4,912
2022 29 — 29 #4,710
2021 39 — 39 #3,838
2020 33 — 33 #4,194
2019 46 — 46 #3,411
2018 47 — 47 #3,366
2017 52 — 52 #3,109
2016 53 — 53 #3,118
2015 55 — 55 #3,069
2014 63 — 63 #2,755
2013 59 — 59 #2,885
2012 54 — 54 #3,107
2011 50 — 50 #3,280
2010 78 — 78 #2,414
2009 108 — 108 #1,944
2008 95 — 95 #2,128
2007 126 — 126 #1,732
2006 124 — 124 #1,698
2005 91 — 91 #2,065
2004 107 — 107 #1,789
2003 96 — 96 #1,908
2002 119 — 119 #1,568
2001 71 — 71 #2,275
2000 60 — 60 #2,530
1999 69 — 69 #2,192
1998 63 — 63 #2,259
1997 55 — 55 #2,405
1996 56 — 56 #2,357
1995 52 — 52 #2,477
1994 52 — 52 #2,455
1993 62 — 62 #2,164
1992 28 — 28 #3,828
1991 27 — 27 #3,878
1990 30 — 30 #3,575
1989 29 — 29 #3,529
1988 26 — 26 #3,656
1987 28 — 28 #3,303
1986 18 — 18 #4,476
1985 29 — 29 #3,140
1984 22 — 22 #3,688
1983 13 — 13 #5,336
1982 19 — 19 #4,118
1981 12 — 12 #5,750
1980 18 — 18 #4,269
1979 25 — 25 #3,308
1978 28 — 28 #2,931
1977 36 — 36 #2,453
1976 34 — 34 #2,433
1975 26 — 26 #2,869
1974 28 — 28 #2,670
1973 29 — 29 #2,552
1972 34 — 34 #2,268
1971 46 — 46 #1,903
1970 45 — 45 #1,929
1969 42 — 42 #1,953
1968 25 — 25 #2,537
1967 17 — 17 #3,208