Vanessa
#161 most common girls' name of all time · #308 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1900–2025
Rank among girls
#161
Rank overall
#308 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
262,606
Since 2016
12,188
Peak year
1985 #42
Best rank
#41 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 7,605/yr
Vanessa first appears in 1900. 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 | 813 | — | 813 | #377 |
| 2024 | 938 | — | 938 | #335 |
| 2023 | 1,014 | — | 1,014 | #304 |
| 2022 | 1,026 | — | 1,026 | #311 |
| 2021 | 1,226 | — | 1,226 | #253 |
| 2020 | 1,384 | — | 1,384 | #209 |
| 2019 | 1,224 | — | 1,224 | #272 |
| 2018 | 1,378 | — | 1,378 | #231 |
| 2017 | 1,521 | — | 1,521 | #203 |
| 2016 | 1,664 | — | 1,664 | #197 |
| 2015 | 1,729 | — | 1,729 | #187 |
| 2014 | 1,927 | 5 | 1,932 | #171 |
| 2013 | 2,095 | 7 | 2,102 | #152 |
| 2012 | 2,554 | — | 2,554 | #123 |
| 2011 | 2,620 | 6 | 2,626 | #120 |
| 2010 | 2,888 | 6 | 2,894 | #107 |
| 2009 | 3,523 | — | 3,523 | #91 |
| 2008 | 4,032 | 6 | 4,038 | #78 |
| 2007 | 4,447 | 8 | 4,455 | #71 |
| 2006 | 4,169 | 6 | 4,175 | #79 |
| 2005 | 4,095 | 8 | 4,103 | #80 |
| 2004 | 4,350 | 9 | 4,359 | #75 |
| 2003 | 4,352 | 6 | 4,358 | #70 |
| 2002 | 4,455 | 5 | 4,460 | #68 |
| 2001 | 4,672 | 8 | 4,680 | #64 |
| 2000 | 5,134 | 12 | 5,146 | #62 |
| 1999 | 5,287 | 10 | 5,297 | #57 |
| 1998 | 5,830 | 13 | 5,843 | #52 |
| 1997 | 5,796 | 20 | 5,816 | #54 |
| 1996 | 5,746 | 17 | 5,763 | #60 |
| 1995 | 5,404 | 16 | 5,420 | #63 |
| 1994 | 5,552 | 18 | 5,570 | #59 |
| 1993 | 5,890 | 30 | 5,920 | #55 |
| 1992 | 6,080 | 30 | 6,110 | #55 |
| 1991 | 5,926 | 28 | 5,954 | #56 |
| 1990 | 6,409 | 32 | 6,441 | #56 |
| 1989 | 6,962 | 53 | 7,015 | #50 |
| 1988 | 7,516 | 72 | 7,588 | #41 |
| 1987 | 7,348 | 46 | 7,394 | #43 |
| 1986 | 7,469 | 44 | 7,513 | #43 |
| 1985 | 7,563 | 42 | 7,605 | #42 |
| 1984 | 7,156 | 43 | 7,199 | #45 |
| 1983 | 6,388 | 58 | 6,446 | #49 |
| 1982 | 6,154 | 53 | 6,207 | #49 |
| 1981 | 4,749 | 24 | 4,773 | #62 |
| 1980 | 4,426 | 21 | 4,447 | #69 |
| 1979 | 4,102 | 17 | 4,119 | #75 |
| 1978 | 3,853 | 12 | 3,865 | #76 |
| 1977 | 3,209 | 15 | 3,224 | #90 |
| 1976 | 2,463 | 10 | 2,473 | #106 |
| 1975 | 2,440 | 14 | 2,454 | #115 |
| 1974 | 2,353 | 9 | 2,362 | #122 |
| 1973 | 2,144 | 10 | 2,154 | #134 |
| 1972 | 2,280 | 9 | 2,289 | #133 |
| 1971 | 2,657 | 10 | 2,667 | #129 |
| 1970 | 2,576 | 5 | 2,581 | #138 |
| 1969 | 2,234 | 6 | 2,240 | #147 |
| 1968 | 1,797 | 5 | 1,802 | #181 |
| 1967 | 1,869 | 6 | 1,875 | #170 |
| 1966 | 1,643 | 8 | 1,651 | #197 |
| 1965 | 1,632 | 6 | 1,638 | #203 |
| 1964 | 2,056 | 8 | 2,064 | #183 |
| 1963 | 2,032 | — | 2,032 | #188 |
| 1962 | 2,244 | 7 | 2,251 | #175 |
| 1961 | 2,765 | 9 | 2,774 | #153 |
| 1960 | 2,711 | 8 | 2,719 | #155 |
| 1959 | 3,120 | 14 | 3,134 | #139 |
| 1958 | 2,744 | 10 | 2,754 | #148 |
| 1957 | 2,379 | 8 | 2,387 | #159 |
| 1956 | 2,617 | — | 2,617 | #145 |
| 1955 | 2,698 | 7 | 2,705 | #140 |
| 1954 | 2,643 | 9 | 2,652 | #142 |
| 1953 | 2,007 | — | 2,007 | #164 |
| 1952 | 695 | — | 695 | #303 |
| 1951 | 176 | — | 176 | #656 |
| 1950 | 91 | — | 91 | #941 |
| 1949 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,074 |
| 1948 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,063 |
| 1947 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,179 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,657 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,959 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,571 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,735 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,244 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,528 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,177 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1936 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,717 |
| 1935 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,521 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,130 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,609 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,937 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,737 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,339 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,978 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,469 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,460 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,595 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,252 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,550 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,400 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,199 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,374 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,791 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,382 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,930 |