Girls' name · since 1967
Anessa
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 2,876 babies named Anessa, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #3,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,203 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,876
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,876 babies have been named Anessa since 1967, making it today's #4203 girls' name.
Anessa has 2,876 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4203 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #3,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,203 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,876 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anessa ranks #3,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,203 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,876 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,203 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,876
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anessa's 2,876 recorded births place it above 94.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anessa compares
2,876 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anessa's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anessa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,876 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 126 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anessa's full recorded timeline at 1996, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 12 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 126 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 126
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Anessa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (997 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Anessa's strongest decade.
997 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Anessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 84
1960s
84 births
- 1970s 331
1970s
331 births
- 1980s 214
1980s
214 births
- 1990s
1990s
494 births
- 2000s
2000s
997 births
- 2010s
2010s
557 births
- 2020s 199
2020s
199 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 997 births (35% of all-time use).
How Anessa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anessa's total volume
Anessa by state
Where Anessa concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 443 | 15.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 203 | 7.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 49 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 44 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 38 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 25 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.2% |
443 of 2,876 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Anessa appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anessa's data
- Anessa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (997 total births); usage has since declined to 199 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anessas (443 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~58 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anessa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.