Anessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-NESS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Anessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
Where does Anessa come from?
Modern: elaboration of Anna, or Vanessa without the V
Is Anessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Anessa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anessa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Anessa, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 126 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Anessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,934 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 126 | #1,726 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,691 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,056 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,780 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 119 | #1,563 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,179 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 55 | #2,388 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,147 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,927 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
Nicknames for Anessa
- Ana 103 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Anessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Amara, Aliza, Alaina, Ariana, Amina, Alyssa, Alina, Alora, Alondra, Alanna, Aisha
Names related to Anessa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anessa, updated 20 October 2026.