Venessa

Girl · recorded 1922–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1984best year

Most popular in 1984.

Last recorded in 2024. 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 Venessa.

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Its story

Popularity since 1922

07114219221948197319992024

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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 79 recorded years as a table
Venessa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19224
19355
19404
19464
19484
19504
19514
195214
195322
195423
195524
195622
195737
195833
195940
196049
196138
196237
196327
196437
196540
196638
196740
196846
196960
197051
197169
197254
197366
197474
197569
197689
1977101
1978114
1979110
1980121
1981119
1982117
1983134
1984142
1985120
1986112
1987112
198897
198982
199060
199152
199253
199353
199446
199534
199633
199732
199833
199937
200025
200130
200225
200327
200422
200522
200616
200718
200815
200913
201012
201110
20128
20139
20147
201512
20163
20175
20186
20195
20205
20225
20237
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Venessa 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 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1922
5,767

Venessa was last recorded in 2024. 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 1984, at 142 per million girls born.

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

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