Quick answers about Vannessa
How many people are named Vannessa?
An estimated 2,928 living Americans are named Vannessa.
How rare is Vannessa?
Vannessa fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Vannessa?
The median age of a living American named Vannessa is approximately 38 years, with most bearers falling between 29 and 49 years old.
Is Vannessa still popular?
Not especially. Vannessa has been declining since its 1987 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Vannessa most common?
Vannessa has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 2.8× more often than the national baseline.
1951Peak 19872025
Where it lives now
Vannessa is most concentrated in California — about 2.0× the national rate in the 2000s.
States where Vannessa is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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