NameTides

Vanessa

Vanessa was the #377 girls' name in the US in 2025 (813 babies), and #719 in England & Wales and #523 in Canada.

Vanessa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Vanessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Vanessa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#377 (813)#719 (51)#539 (5)—#413 (9)#523 (58)—
2024#334 (938)#533 (73)#351 (9)—#504 (7)#423 (72)—
2023#304 (1,014)#545 (71)#749 (3)#391 (3)#404 (9)#340 (87)—
2022#311 (1,026)#562 (69)#625 (4)—#338 (12)#384 (79)—
2021#253 (1,226)#517 (79)#652 (4)—#270 (16)#356 (92)—
2020#209 (1,384)#665 (56)#276 (13)—#410 (9)#240 (126)—
2019#271 (1,224)#562 (72)#493 (6)#263 (6)#201 (24)#349 (93)—
2018#231 (1,378)#442 (98)#301 (12)#361 (4)#255 (18)#266 (122)—
2017#203 (1,521)#357 (132)#409 (8)—#211 (24)#252 (126)—
2016#197 (1,664)#356 (134)#675 (4)#306 (5)#217 (22)#245 (130)—
2015#187 (1,729)#279 (176)#266 (15)#312 (5)#156 (37)#201 (158)—
2014#171 (1,927)#279 (172)#282 (15)#278 (6)#154 (38)#188 (176)—
2013#152 (2,095)#284 (166)#413 (8)#234 (8)#170 (35)#152 (206)—
2012#123 (2,554)#322 (151)#241 (19)#163 (12)#180 (32)#121 (250)—
2011#120 (2,620)#253 (194)#252 (17)#224 (8)#120 (53)#134 (227)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #42.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Vanessa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Vanessa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #276ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #390NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #281CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #344AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #319NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #338TXFlorida: #259FL
Vanessa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32040
Quebec2025#7745

Vanessa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
VanessaCanadaGirls#52358
VanessaCanadaBoys—too few
VanessaEngland & WalesGirls#71951
VanessaIrelandGirls#4139
VanessaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
VanessaNSWGirls—too few
VanessaScotlandGirls#5395
VanessaUSGirls#377813
VanessaUSBoys—too few