Vanesa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Vanesa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Vanesa: Recorded since 1998, it reached #284 in 2013, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#284highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2003	#4373
2004	#2112
2005	#2682
2006	#1280
2007	#1160
2008	#1034
2009	#1248
2010	#930
2011	#1225
2012	#801
2013	#959
2014	#842
2015	#1007
2016	#757
2017	#1082
2018	#1136
2019	#1497
2020	#2042
2021	#1962
2022	#1948
2023	#2927
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2023: #391 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2927 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2023
Highest recorded position: #284 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2008–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Vanesa appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 538 births with the name.

Vanesa across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Vanesa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#757 (2016)	#3318 (2024)	23 of 27	538 (1998–2024)	52 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#559 (2003)	#356 (2010)	#905 (2022)	15 of 20	109 (2003–2022)	14 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#370 (2008)	#284 (2013)	#391 (2023)	5 of 16	20 (2008–2023)	6 (2013)

Vanesa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Vanesa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	116	7 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	363	10 of 10	36
2020s	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Vanesa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #284 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Vanesa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1082	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#757	52	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1007	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#842	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#959	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#801	48	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1225	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#930	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1248	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1034	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #284, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Charly · #284, 27y
Nakita · #285, 26y
Aimie · #282, 26y
Aveen · #282, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Charly · #284, 27y
Mylo · #284, 29y
Braiden · #283, 28y
Danyal · #283, 29y

Vanesa was ranked #284 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Vanesa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Vanesa without appearing here.

Vanesa moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #4157.
Josefine Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4373 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #4157.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2682 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #3548.
Evan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3848 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Vanesa

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #1863.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1497 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #757 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1082 and #499.

Moved the opposite way to Vanesa

Carol Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Vanesa went from #3848 to #1962 while Carol went from #1480 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Vanesa went from #3848 to #1962 while Tyler went from #219 to #5581.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Vanesa went from #2112 to #3318 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Finlay Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Vanesa went from #3848 to #1136 while Finlay went from #995 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Vanesa

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vanesa went from #559 to #905 and Abigail from #54 to #84.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vanesa went from #559 to #905 and Aimee from #48 to #266.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vanesa went from #559 to #905 and Aisling from #29 to #124.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vanesa went from #559 to #905 and Alex from #150 to #284.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #284 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Vanesa

Vanesa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vanesa across 3 official records

Vanesa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Vanesa appears in

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Vanesa at a glance

Vanesa across 3 official records

Vanesa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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