Vanesa
- Pronunciation
- [Va-ne-sa]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Butterfly. Variant Of Vanessa.
- Origin
- Spanish
Vanesa Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 6,510 baby girls have been named Vanesa. The name peaked in 2002 with 271 US births that year (rank #852). In 2024, ranked #5410 nationally — 4,558 places below its 2002 peak.
Top States for Vanesa
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Vanesa births are: California (1,880), Texas (825), Illinois (359).
Other Spanish-Origin Names Like Vanesa
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6-Letter Names Starting with V
Names with Vanesa's exact length and starting letter: Vachel, Vafara, Valere, Vallen, Vallis.
Quick Facts About Vanesa
US Popularity History (2001–2003)
Annual US births named Vanesa by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2002 with 271 girls named Vanesa (girl rank #852 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #970 for girls (240 US births). That's 118 places below its 2002 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Vanesa Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2000–2009 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Vanesa the strongest states are Nevada, Kansas, Oregon.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #501 | 25 |
| 2 | Kansas | #561 | 18 |
| 3 | Oregon | #589 | 41 |
| 4 | California | #729 | 466 |
| 5 | Illinois | #735 | 121 |
| 6 | Colorado | #754 | 37 |
| 7 | Georgia | #790 | 83 |
| 8 | Arizona | #817 | 51 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #821 | 63 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #822 | 53 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #838 | 187 |
| 2 | Washington | #834 | 35 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #822 | 53 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #821 | 63 |
| 5 | Arizona | #817 | 51 |
| 6 | Georgia | #790 | 83 |
| 7 | Colorado | #754 | 37 |
| 8 | Illinois | #735 | 121 |
| 9 | California | #729 | 466 |
| 10 | Oregon | #589 | 41 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2000–2009. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Vanesa in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Vanesa to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Vanesa against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).