Venessa
Venessa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 697th, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1984239 births
- Best rank
- #697in 1984
- Since 1922
- 5,767people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,767 girls have been named Venessa in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 239 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 239 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 34%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Venessa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 17 | |
| 1950s | 441 | |
| 1960s | 751 | |
| 1970s | 1,226 | |
| 1980s | 1,978 | |
| 1990s | 785 | |
| 2000s | 390 | |
| 2010s | 136 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1984, its biggest year
Venessa was the 697th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Venessa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shareepeak 1979
- Kristalpeak 1982
- Charissapeak 1980
- Shaunapeak 1979
- Christinapeak 1985
- Adriannepeak 1983
- Crystalpeak 1982
- Sharapeak 1979
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.