Venessa — #13576 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Venessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,767 babies named Venessa between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Venessa currently holds the #13576 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 239 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Venessa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,978 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Venessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 865 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Venessa in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Venessa 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 5,767 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.