female NAME · CURRENTLY #377

Vanessa

vuh-NESS-uh

“A literary invention by Jonathan Swift, formed from parts of Esther Vanhomrigh’s name; it has no established literal meaning.”

A name coined by Jonathan Swift in the early 18th century and later adopted as a given name.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Vanessa has traveled through time

61900 101915 61920 91925 101930 321935 141940 191945 911950 2,7051955 2,7191960 1,6381965 2,5811970 2,4541975 4,4471980 7,6051985 6,4411990 5,4201995 5,1462000 4,1032005 2,8942010 1,7292015 1,3842020 8132025
LATEST YEAR2025813 births
PEAK RANK#41in 1988
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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