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I have been doing research on the name Vanessa. There seems to be some disagreement about how to classify this name. Some deem it as classic, others modern classic and yet others as dated. I know that this probably a matter of opinion rather than fact. What's this board's opinion on this matter? Vanessa was infrequently used prior to the 1950's. I found that Virginia Woolf had a sister named Vanessa Bell who was born in 1879. Vanessa entered the top 1000 in the US in 1950 climbing up the charts quickly. It entered the top 200 in 1954, where it still remains today. It also spent over 30 years in the top 100 (1977-2009). It's peak was #42 in 1988. It has been slowly falling in popularity since. In 2013, Vanessa ranked at 150.