How Many People Are Named Vannessa?
people named Vannessa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 112,023 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,231 babies named Vannessa in Social Security records from 1951 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
123 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vannessa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vannessa alive today is about 40 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vannessa first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 1987, to 123 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Vannessa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,191, in 1987.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,191 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,882 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vannessa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vannessa were born in California than in any other state: about 703 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vannessa was given 4 times as often in California, 2.5 times in Texas and 1.7 times in Florida.
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