# Vanesa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vanesa/  
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 | 6,544 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 6,539 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 546, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 108 | 1,872 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,627 |
| 2013 | 84 | 2,235 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,614 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,126 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,702 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,765 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4,655 |
| 2019 | 32 | 4,431 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,657 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,560 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,166 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,375 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,431 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,872 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | 7,535 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 48 | 801 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2016 | 52 | 757 |
| 2017 | 32 | 1,082 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Vanesa

- Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, Belarusian wrestler
- Vanesa Gimbert, Association footballer

## 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.