Anessa — #3982 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,842 babies named Anessa between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anessa currently holds the #3982 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 126 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anessa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 997 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 443 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anessa in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anessa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,842 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.