Vanessia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vanessia

The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Vanessia between 1953 and 1995, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanessia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanessia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vanessia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vanessia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanessia 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 297 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.