Feminine dossier · first seen 1951

Vannessa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Vannessa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1987

Peak era

1987

Peak rank proxy

123

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1951Peak 19872024

Peak year

1987

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,232

Vannessa is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1987, when 123 girls were named Vannessa.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 3,232 Americans have been named Vannessa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1951.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1987

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