Girls' name · since 1954
Vennessa
Vennessa has 217 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,000 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 217
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vennessa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 217 have been recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vennessa has been recorded 217 times among girls since 1954, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2007.
- #19,000 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 217 born since 1954
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vennessa ranks #19,000 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 217 born since 1954, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,000 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 217
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vennessa's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vennessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vennessa's full recorded timeline at 1984, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vennessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2007
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Vennessa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (97 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Vennessa's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Vennessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
97 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 97 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Vennessa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vennessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1954–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Vennessa 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 August 2026.