Tanessa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tanessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 382 babies named Tanessa between 1972 and 2015, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanessa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tanessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanessa 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 382 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.