Wanessa
Meaning
a W-respelling of Vanessa, Jonathan Swift's invented name; a 1980s Brazilian variant
Popularity, 1890–2024
Wanessa does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
14,458 people · the #1,326 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 14,085 · median age 30
Among people named Wanessa living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 119 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Wanessa in official records · Spain
Spain
45 residents · #15,460 among women · mean age 35.4
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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