Venessa
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 239 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,767since 1922
Venessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Venessa has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 |
| 1999 | #2,283 | 65 |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 |
| 1994 | #1,757 | 83 |
| 1993 | #1,603 | 95 |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 1991 | #1,564 | 98 |
| 1990 | #1,385 | 114 |
| 1989 | #1,106 | 151 |
| 1988 | #960 | 173 |
| 1987 | #873 | 195 |
| 1986 | #861 | 192 |
| 1985 | #799 | 207 |
| 1984 | #696 | 239 |
| 1983 | #733 | 224 |
| 1982 | #807 | 198 |
| 1981 | #807 | 198 |
| 1980 | #805 | 201 |
| 1979 | #872 | 177 |
| 1978 | #849 | 174 |
| 1977 | #913 | 155 |
| 1976 | #980 | 130 |
| 1975 | #1,155 | 100 |
| 1974 | #1,076 | 109 |
| 1973 | #1,143 | 96 |
| 1972 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 |
| 1969 | #1,095 | 102 |
| 1968 | #1,258 | 76 |
| 1967 | #1,348 | 66 |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 |
| 1964 | #1,334 | 71 |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 |
| 1961 | #1,260 | 77 |
| 1960 | #1,081 | 99 |
| 1959 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1958 | #1,294 | 67 |
| 1957 | #1,211 | 76 |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Venessa! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Venessa is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#382 · 1 in 2,300
- Massachusetts#450 · 1 in 3,888
- Texas#530 · 1 in 3,810
- Washington#576 · 1 in 4,607
- California#579 · 1 in 4,214
Best ever in a state: #199 in New Mexico, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #382 | 10 | 1 in 2,300 |
| Massachusetts | #450 | 9 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Texas | #530 | 35 | 1 in 3,810 |
| Washington | #576 | 6 | 1 in 4,607 |
| California | #579 | 48 | 1 in 4,214 |
| Michigan | #638 | 9 | 1 in 6,362 |
| Pennsylvania | #693 | 9 | 1 in 7,682 |
| Ohio | #900 | 6 | 1 in 11,515 |
| Florida | #949 | 7 | 1 in 9,322 |
| Illinois | #989 | 7 | 1 in 10,428 |
| New York | #1,058 | 10 | 1 in 10,689 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Venessa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1976 (#1,155 → #980)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1989 (#960 → #1,106)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1984 at #696 (239 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1976–1988
- Highest: 1 in 7,045 girls born in 1984 were named Venessa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 34.3% of all girls named Venessa (1,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,009 (1922) | #5,009 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,204 (1935) | #4,204 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,349 (1940) | #4,472 |
| 1950s | 441 | #1,184 (1959) | #2,052 |
| 1960s | 751 | #1,081 (1960) | #1,288 |
| 1970s | 1,226 | #849 (1978) | #1,055 |
| 1980s | 1,978 | #696 (1984) | #845 |
| 1990s | 785 | #1,385 (1990) | #1,941 |
| 2000s | 390 | #2,740 (2001) | #3,918 |
| 2010s | 136 | #6,036 (2015) | #8,915 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,989 (2023) | #11,197 |
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.
Venessa in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 8,313 of them was named Venessa, which outranked 93.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).