Vanesa Girl
How popular is Vanesa?
#4,757 girl name in 2025
28 baby girls were named Vanesa in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
Vanesa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,757 for girls (▲ 540 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 28 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,092 in 2015, #5,483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (271 girls) |
| Highest rank | #839 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| 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 |
Vanesa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Vanessa family of names ranked #377 for girls in 2025 (#338 the year before), with 841 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa | 813 | 97% |
| Vanesa | 28 | 3% |
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 Vanesa is most popular
Babies named Vanesa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Vanesa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 63 | #2,754 |
| 1960s | 120 | #3,059 |
| 1970s | 274 | #1,998 |
| 1980s | 1,064 | #1,080 |
| 1990s | 1,945 | #839 |
| 2000s | 2,216 | #850 |
| 2010s | 710 | #1,624 |
| 2020s | 147 | #4,757 |
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Questions
- Is Vanesa a boy or girl name?
- Vanesa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Vanesa were girls.
- How popular is the name Vanesa?
- 28 baby girls were named Vanesa in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
- When was Vanesa most popular?
- Vanesa peaked in 2002, when 271 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #839 in 1997.
- How many people are named Vanesa?
- 6,544 babies have been named Vanesa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,421 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Vanesa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Vanesa was most common in California, 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.