How Many People Are Named Vanesa?
people named Vanesa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,345 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,544 babies named Vanesa in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
271 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Czech and Slovak form of VANESSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Vanesa (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vanesa alive today is about 27 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vanesa first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 2002, to 271 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vanesa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #842, in 1996 to 1997. In 2025 it ranked #4,871.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,871 |
| Best rank | #842 (1996 to 1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,078 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vanesa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vanesa were born in California than in any other state: about 1,844 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vanesa was given 2.8 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Texas and 1.7 times in Illinois.
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