Banessa

Girl · recorded 1976–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1998best year

Most popular in 1998.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Banessa.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1976

081619761985199420032012

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Banessa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19763
19773
19814
19825
19837
19844
19856
19867
19875
19884
19894
199010
19916
19926
19935
199411
19956
199610
19979
199816
19998
20006
200110
20029
20037
200410
20059
20068
20075
20086
20094
20103
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Banessa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#16,869
How rare
1 in 352,210 girls
Since 1976
390

Banessa was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1998, at 16 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Banessa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.