Vanessa
Rank in 2025
#377
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
813
girls 813
Peak year
1985
7,563 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
262,606
since 1900
Born a Vanessa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Vanessa was most popular in 1985, when 7,563 babies recorded as girls got the name (4.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 813 babies were named Vanessa, ranking #377 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 28%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 813 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 938 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,014 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,026 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,226 | 253 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,384 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,224 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,378 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,521 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,664 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,729 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,927 | 171 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 2,095 | 152 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 2,554 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,620 | 120 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 2,888 | 107 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 3,523 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 4,032 | 78 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 4,447 | 71 | 8 | 8915 |
| 2006 | 4,169 | 79 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 4,095 | 80 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 4,350 | 75 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 4,352 | 70 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 4,455 | 68 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 4,672 | 64 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 5,134 | 62 | 12 | 5588 |
| 1999 | 5,287 | 57 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 5,830 | 52 | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | 5,796 | 54 | 20 | 3455 |
| 1996 | 5,746 | 60 | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | 5,404 | 63 | 16 | 3854 |
| 1994 | 5,552 | 59 | 18 | 3596 |
| 1993 | 5,890 | 55 | 30 | 2455 |
| 1992 | 6,080 | 55 | 30 | 2412 |
| 1991 | 5,926 | 56 | 28 | 2469 |
| 1990 | 6,409 | 56 | 32 | 2214 |
| 1989 | 6,962 | 50 | 53 | 1537 |
| 1988 | 7,516 | 41 | 72 | 1189 |
| 1987 | 7,348 | 43 | 46 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 7,469 | 43 | 44 | 1511 |
| 1985 | 7,563 | 42 | 42 | 1544 |
| 1984 | 7,156 | 45 | 43 | 1458 |
| 1983 | 6,388 | 48 | 58 | 1190 |
| 1982 | 6,154 | 49 | 53 | 1278 |
| 1981 | 4,749 | 62 | 24 | 2138 |
| 1980 | 4,426 | 69 | 21 | 2367 |
| 1979 | 4,102 | 75 | 17 | 2669 |
| 1978 | 3,853 | 76 | 12 | 3215 |
| 1977 | 3,209 | 90 | 15 | 2791 |
| 1976 | 2,463 | 106 | 10 | 3471 |
| 1975 | 2,440 | 115 | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | 2,353 | 122 | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | 2,144 | 134 | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | 2,280 | 133 | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | 2,657 | 129 | 10 | 3146 |
| 1970 | 2,576 | 138 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 2,234 | 147 | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | 1,797 | 181 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 1,869 | 170 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1966 | 1,643 | 197 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 1,632 | 203 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 2,056 | 183 | 8 | 3050 |
| 1963 | 2,032 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 2,244 | 175 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 2,765 | 153 | 9 | 2900 |
| 1960 | 2,711 | 154 | 8 | 3077 |
| 1959 | 3,120 | 139 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1958 | 2,744 | 148 | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | 2,379 | 159 | 8 | 3024 |
| 1956 | 2,617 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 2,698 | 140 | 7 | 3201 |
| 1954 | 2,643 | 142 | 9 | 2743 |
| 1953 | 2,007 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 695 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 176 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 91 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 70 | 1070 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 69 | 1057 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 59 | 1170 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 14 | 2597 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 19 | 1941 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 13 | 2511 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 10 | 3040 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 16 | 2214 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | 2668 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 14 | 2203 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | 3429 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 15 | 2113 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 17 | 1914 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 20 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 32 | 1264 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | 3406 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 9 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | 2845 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | 4570 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | 4195 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 9 | 3362 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 9 | 3350 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 6 | 4445 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | 5099 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | 4398 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | 4251 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | 4083 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | 3258 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 10 | 2688 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | 3187 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | 1723 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years