Anessa Girl
How popular is Anessa?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Anessa in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
Anessa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▼ 209 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,059 in 2015, #4,167 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (126 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,563 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anessa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anessa family of names ranked #2,716 for girls in 2025 (#2,813 the year before), with 39 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anessa | 34 | 87% |
| Anesa | 5 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anessa is most popular
Babies named Anessa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Anessa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84 | #1,927 |
| 1970s | 331 | #1,877 |
| 1980s | 214 | #3,083 |
| 1990s | 494 | #2,147 |
| 2000s | 997 | #1,563 |
| 2010s | 557 | #2,405 |
| 2020s | 199 | #3,800 |
Girl names about as popular as Anessa
Questions
- Is Anessa a boy or girl name?
- Anessa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anessa were girls.
- How popular is the name Anessa?
- 34 baby girls were named Anessa in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
- When was Anessa most popular?
- Anessa peaked in 2007, when 126 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,563 in 2002.
- How many people are named Anessa?
- 2,876 babies have been named Anessa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,825 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Anessa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anessa was most common in Ohio, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.