Vanesa
#2,106 most common girls' name of all time · #3,586 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1953–2025
Rank among girls
#2,106
Rank overall
#3,586 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
6,544
Since 2016
292
Peak year
2002 #851
Best rank
#840 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 271/yr
Vanesa first appears in 1953. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,796 |
| 2024 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,335 |
| 2023 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,285 |
| 2022 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,067 |
| 2021 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,441 |
| 2020 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,529 |
| 2019 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,364 |
| 2018 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,587 |
| 2017 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,718 |
| 2016 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,670 |
| 2015 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,099 |
| 2014 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,591 |
| 2013 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,217 |
| 2012 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,627 |
| 2011 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,868 |
| 2010 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,359 |
| 2008 | 231 | — | 231 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 236 | — | 236 | #1,100 |
| 2006 | 220 | — | 220 | #1,126 |
| 2005 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,126 |
| 2004 | 220 | — | 220 | #1,054 |
| 2003 | 240 | — | 240 | #968 |
| 2002 | 271 | — | 271 | #851 |
| 2001 | 217 | — | 217 | #990 |
| 2000 | 197 | — | 197 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 213 | — | 213 | #973 |
| 1998 | 225 | — | 225 | #929 |
| 1997 | 246 | — | 246 | #840 |
| 1996 | 237 | — | 237 | #841 |
| 1995 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,015 |
| 1994 | 209 | — | 209 | #914 |
| 1993 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,101 |
| 1992 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,166 |
| 1991 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,089 |
| 1990 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,143 |
| 1989 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,198 |
| 1988 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,248 |
| 1987 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,212 |
| 1986 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,182 |
| 1985 | 120 | 5 | 125 | #1,181 |
| 1984 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,081 |
| 1983 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,149 |
| 1982 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,468 |
| 1981 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1980 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,923 |
| 1979 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,011 |
| 1978 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,552 |
| 1977 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,019 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,703 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,934 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,793 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,740 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,821 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,783 |
| 1970 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,822 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,749 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,940 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,520 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,419 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,433 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,497 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,481 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,567 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,177 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,670 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,576 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,853 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,503 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,141 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,559 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,450 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,036 |