Baby name

Janessa

Girl

Short-lived name

2009 was its best year: 556 births, or 1 baby in 6,871. Since then, the name has fallen 70%, to about 167 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1733. 32% of all babies named Janessa since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

14,722births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 545rank at its peak, in 2009

Where babies named Janessa are born

2009

Year shown on the map

Loading the map…

Tap a state to see its figures.

The darker the blue, the more common Janessa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Janessa is most common in New Mexico (3.4 times), Utah (2.8) and Colorado (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Vanessa 261,622
Jenessa 3,221
Anessa 2,876

Names from the same era

Maliyah · Maryjane · Kaelyn · Janiyah · Carlee · Kaydence

Born in…

Your birth year

Add your year to see.