Total births
16
Girls' name · since 2006
Vanessah
16 babies named Vanessah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 2006–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Vanessah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 2006.
Vanessah has 16 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2006 to 2012.
- 16 total births
- 2006–2012 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
16 girls have been named Vanessah since 2006, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 16
- total births
- 2006–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
69% of everyone ever named Vanessah was born in this single decade.
2006
Single peak year
6 babies were named Vanessah in 2006 - its busiest year on record.
Vanessah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vanessah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vanessah at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
2006
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2006
Vanessah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2012
- Peak year (2006)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Vanessah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Vanessah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Vanessah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Vanessah? ▼
16 babies have been named Vanessah since 2006. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 2006 with 6 births.
When was Vanessah most popular? ▼
Vanessah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Vanessah been used? ▼
Vanessah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 7 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Vanessah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vanessa, Vanesa, Vannessa, Vania, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Vanessah's data
- Vanessah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Vanessah
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Vanessah
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Compare Vanessah side by side: Vanessah vs Vanessa Vanessah vs Vanesa Vanessah vs Vannessa
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2006–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Vanessah: Baby Name Since 2006 - 16 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/vanessah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Vanessah 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 June 2026.