Vanessia
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 297since 1953
Vanessia over time
Rank among girls' names. Vanessia has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
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| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vanessia! It came in at #4,226, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vanessia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1961 at #2,608 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 91,750 girls born in 1961 were named Vanessia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,091 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
- 39.1% of all girls named Vanessia (116) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 81 | #2,869 (1959) | #3,702 |
| 1960s | 116 | #2,608 (1961) | #4,341 |
| 1970s | 30 | #5,818 (1970) | #7,953 |
| 1980s | 45 | #8,153 (1984) | #9,075 |
| 1990s | 25 | #9,247 (1990) | #11,495 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vanessia in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
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1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 235,163 of them was named Vanessia, which outranked 35.0% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,955Yavonne9
- #3,955Young9
- #3,955Zenola9
- #4,226Vanessia8
- #4,226Aaron8
- #4,226Adena8
- #4,226Adriene8
- #4,595Adonica7
- #4,595Alaina7
- #4,595Alessandra7
Tied with 368 names at #4,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.