Recorded 1985–1998 Girls' name Peak 1988 40 births

Vanessamarie — girls' name

40 babies named Vanessamarie in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s231990s17
1980s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Vanessamarie was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

9 babies were named Vanessamarie in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vanessamarie

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Vanessamarie between 1985 and 1998, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanessamarie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanessamarie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vanessamarie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vanessamarie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanessamarie 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 40 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.

Vanessamarie at a glance

Last recorded 1998

Total births

40

Since 1985

14 years of records

Peak year

1988

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1985

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 1998

Vanessamarie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1985

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1988)
9
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
45678910 199819961990198819861985 7

Vanessamarie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
23 births that decade — 57% of Vanessamarie's all-time total
1980s231990s17

Vanessamarie by state

Where Vanessamarie concentrates geographically — total births since 1985

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Vanessamarie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 25.0%
California share of Vanessamarie's total US births 25.0%

10 of 40 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vanessamarie?
40 babies have been named Vanessamarie since 1985. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1988 with 9 births.
When was Vanessamarie most popular?
Vanessamarie was most popular in the 1980s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
Where is Vanessamarie most popular?
The top states for the name Vanessamarie are California (10 births).
How long has the name Vanessamarie been used?
Vanessamarie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1985, spanning 14 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Vanessamarie?
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.

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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, 1985–1998 (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.