Recorded 1954–1963 Girls' name Peak 1954 18 births

Vanesta — girls' name

18 babies named Vanesta in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s131960s5
1950s
Peak decade

72% of everyone ever named Vanesta was born in this single decade.

1954
Single peak year

8 babies were named Vanesta in 1954 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vanesta

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Vanesta between 1954 and 1963, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanesta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanesta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vanesta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanesta 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 18 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.

Vanesta at a glance

Last recorded 1963

Total births

18

Since 1954

10 years of records

Peak year

1954

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1963

Active since

1954

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 1963

Vanesta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1954

Last recorded 1963
Peak year (1954)
8
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
456789 196319591954 8

Vanesta by decade

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

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
13 births that decade — 72% of Vanesta's all-time total
1950s131960s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vanesta?
18 babies have been named Vanesta since 1954. It was last recorded in 1963. The peak year was 1954 with 8 births.
When was Vanesta most popular?
Vanesta was most popular in the 1950s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1954.
How long has the name Vanesta been used?
Vanesta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1954, spanning 10 years of data through 1963.
What names are similar to Vanesta?
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.

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, 1954–1963 (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.