Venessa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Venessa: Recorded since 1971, its highest recorded position is #383, and it was last ranked in 2010.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#383highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2009	#3422
2010	#3533

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 26 years from 1971 to 1996.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2683 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2010 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #383 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–1996
Highest recorded position: #383 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1971 (recorded 1971–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #3533 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010.
England and Wales · Girls

Venessa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 38 births with the name.

Venessa across 2 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.

Venessa'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#383 (1971)	#383 (1971)	#534 (1996)	10 of 26	38 (1971–1996)	5 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#3533 (2010)	6 of 15	28 (1996–2010)	6 (2009)

Venessa by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Venessa in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
1980s	12	3 of 10	4
1990s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Venessa 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 2 regions, from 1971 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #383 in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Venessa'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
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1971 and 2010, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #383, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 25 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,533position in 2010, its most recent recorded year
25 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Scarlett-Rose · #383, 19y
Ceili · #384, 13y
Morven · #384, 19y
Ramsay · #382, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Omid · #383, 47y
Mathis · #379, 34y
Sahar · #378, 49y
Trudi · #388, 19y

Venessa was ranked #383 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1971. 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.

Venessa 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 Venessa without appearing here.

Venessa moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4598 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #5556.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4598 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #5556.
Jesse Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Venessa

Luca Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #1658.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2738 and #1958.
Jade Compare
In 1983 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #236.
Shauna Compare
In 1972 they stood at #383 and #417 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #508 and #262.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1971 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #383 in Republic of Ireland in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Venessa

Venessa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Venessa across 2 official records

Venessa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Venessa appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Venessa at a glance

Venessa across 2 official records

Venessa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Venessa appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Venessa

Venessa and the names beside it

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