Vanessa
73
Babies in 2024
-58%
10-year change
2010
Peak · 228
+3%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Vanessa
Vanessa has been falling out of fashion as a UK girl's name. In 2024, 73 girls were registered with the name in England & Wales — down 58% on a decade earlier.
Vanessa reached its peak in 2010, when 228 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #220 for UK girls that year. That's roughly 32% of the peak — registrations have thinned out since.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 3,696 girls have been officially registered with the name Vanessa in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,132 girls were registered with the name, starting from 172 in 2014 and ending at 73 in 2024.