How rare is the name Vanesa?

7,005 people in the United States have the first name Vanesa, about 1 in 43,117. It ranks #3,129 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VANESA

#3,129

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,005
About
1 in 43,117
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,005 people named Vanesa, 86% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% as White and 3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vanesa peaked in 2002, when 271 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
271
In 2025*
28 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,544 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Vanesa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,738. The largest share of babies named Vanesa, 49.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#7,36763
1960s#5,843120
1970s#4,391274
1980s#2,1001,069
1990s#1,7381,945
2000s#1,9112,216
2010s#4,425710
2020s#9,054147
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–9634.7%
Generation Z 1997–1249.8%
2013 and later7.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Vanesa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vanesa has been most common in California (4×), Nevada (3.2×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in North Carolina (0.77×).

4,621 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Vanesa

#3,127 Pamala · 7,012#3,128 Pascual · 7,008#3,130 Earlene · 7,002#3,131 Veda · 7,001

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vanesa, most common first.

#237 Vanessa · 239,196#10,046 Vannesa · 1,347#22,829 Vaness · 433#23,465 Vaneza · 417#29,690 Vanesha · 297#53,039 Vanisa · 103#53,461 Vanesia · 99

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