Butterfly
Baneza is a rare phonetic variant of Vanessa. The name was originally coined by author Jonathan Swift for his poem Cadenus and Vanessa, later becoming associated with a genus of butterflies.
Less common today
Baneza isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,939 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
