Banessa is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Banessa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Banessa was first reported in SSA data in 1976 and peaked in 1998 (28 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #17,294 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #17,418 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #12,611 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #10,187 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #11,775 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,535 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #7,194 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,261 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | #8,590 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #6,742 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #6,107 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | #8,626 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #6,537 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | #4,042 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #5,914 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #5,565 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,144 |
| 1994 | 20 | — | #4,865 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #8,800 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #7,571 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #7,475 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #4,880 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #9,787 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #8,470 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,070 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #5,786 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,507 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,230 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #5,852 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #7,540 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,203 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #9,767 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #9,411 |