# Janessa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/janessa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,722 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 14,722 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 72, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century blend of Janice + Vanessa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 451 | 630 |
| 2012 | 426 | 665 |
| 2013 | 407 | 696 |
| 2014 | 368 | 761 |
| 2015 | 397 | 716 |
| 2016 | 313 | 894 |
| 2017 | 303 | 891 |
| 2018 | 272 | 972 |
| 2019 | 227 | 1,095 |
| 2020 | 208 | 1,142 |
| 2021 | 209 | 1,172 |
| 2022 | 206 | 1,174 |
| 2023 | 166 | 1,357 |
| 2024 | 135 | 1,571 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,741 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.