Vaneshia — girls' name
53 babies named Vaneshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Vaneshia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Vaneshia in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vaneshia
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Vaneshia between 1982 and 1998, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vaneshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vaneshia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vaneshia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vaneshia 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 53 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.
Vaneshia at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vaneshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1982
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
53 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 8 births in a single year.
Vaneshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 31 births that decade — 58% of Vaneshia's all-time total
Vaneshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Vaneshia's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.