Vannessa
Vannessa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1987123 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1951
- 3,232people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,232 girls have been named Vannessa in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 123 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 123 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1990s alone account for 24%.
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Vannessa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Vannessa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vanessapeak 1985
- Laurinpeak 1990
- Cassandrapeak 1990
- Jenapeak 1986
- Lauranpeak 1989
- Krystynapeak 1990
- Kandacepeak 1988
- Desireepeak 1983
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.