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Baby name
Vanessa
Girl
Origin of the name
Vanessa was invented in the 18th century by the writer Jonathan Swift for his poem Cadenus and Vanessa.
Classic name
261,622births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 42rank at its peak, in 1985
Where babies named Vanessa are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Vanessa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Vanessa is most common in California (2.1 times), New Mexico (1.9) and Arizona (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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