Vinessa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vinessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Vinessa between 1956 and 2022, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vinessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinessa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Vinessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vinessa 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 372 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.