Arnessa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Arnessa between 1970 and 1987, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnessa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Arnessa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnessa 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 32 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.