Girls' name · since 1956
Vinessa
372 babies named Vinessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,145 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 372
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vinessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 372 recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Vinessa recorded 372 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2022.
- #14,145 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 372 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vinessa ranks #14,145 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 372 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,145 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 372
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vinessa's 372 recorded births place it above 80.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vinessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vinessa splits its recorded history at 1990: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vinessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2022
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Vinessa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (99 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Vinessa's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Vinessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
99 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 38
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 99 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Vinessa's data
- Vinessa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Vinessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1956–2022 (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 Vinessa 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.