Girl
Vanessa
Vanessa is a girl's name, widely recognized, that has cooled since its 1980s peak, but is still chosen today.
LiteraryCoined name
LiteraryPopularized by Jonathan Swift
Births by decade
1900s
6
1910s
35
1920s
51
1930s
124
1940s
295
1950s
19,211
1960s
21,050
1970s
28,194
1980s
66,178
1990s
58,122
2000s
43,274
2010s
16,981
Peaked in the 1980s · 253,521 total U.S. births since 1900