Anessa is an uncommon variant of Anissa that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Anessa is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,178 for girl births in the United States (and #7,277 across all names), given to 34 babies. Anessa first appears in 1967 and peaked in 2007 (126 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | #4,178 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | #3,968 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | #4,879 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | #4,681 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | #3,808 |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | #4,180 |
| 2019 | 46 | 46 | #3,394 |
| 2018 | 47 | 47 | #3,351 |
| 2017 | 52 | 52 | #3,097 |
| 2016 | 53 | 53 | #3,104 |
| 2015 | 55 | 55 | #3,061 |
| 2014 | 63 | 63 | #2,743 |
| 2013 | 59 | 59 | #2,872 |
| 2012 | 54 | 54 | #3,101 |
| 2011 | 50 | 50 | #3,271 |
| 2010 | 78 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 108 | 108 | #1,935 |
| 2008 | 95 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 126 | 126 | #1,726 |
| 2006 | 124 | 124 | #1,693 |
| 2005 | 91 | 91 | #2,058 |
| 2004 | 107 | 107 | #1,781 |
| 2003 | 96 | 96 | #1,897 |
| 2002 | 119 | 119 | #1,564 |
| 2001 | 71 | 71 | #2,262 |
| 2000 | 60 | 60 | #2,509 |
| 1999 | 69 | 69 | #2,182 |
| 1998 | 63 | 63 | #2,246 |
| 1997 | 55 | — | #2,392 |
| 1996 | 56 | — | #2,343 |
| 1995 | 52 | — | #2,458 |
| 1994 | 52 | — | #2,432 |
| 1993 | 62 | — | #2,152 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #3,777 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | #3,822 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | #3,527 |
| 1989 | 29 | — | #3,481 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,589 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | #3,259 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #4,356 |
| 1985 | 29 | — | #3,087 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | #3,617 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #5,164 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | #4,034 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,586 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #4,155 |
| 1979 | 25 | — | #3,244 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,864 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | #2,424 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | #2,389 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | #2,813 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #2,619 |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #2,508 |
| 1972 | 34 | — | #2,225 |
| 1971 | 46 | — | #1,877 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 42 | — | #1,929 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #2,486 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #3,089 |