Yessenia Girl
How popular is Yessenia?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Yessenia in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Yessenia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▼ 1938 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,846 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (330 girls) |
| Highest rank | #662 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yessenia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yesenia family of names ranked #1,380 for girls in 2025 (#1,138 the year before), with 121 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yesenia | 103 | 85% |
| Yessenia | 18 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yessenia is most popular
Babies named Yessenia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Yessenia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 344 | #1,801 |
| 1980s | 1,221 | #725 |
| 1990s | 2,917 | #662 |
| 2000s | 2,086 | #897 |
| 2010s | 701 | #1,621 |
| 2020s | 185 | #3,933 |
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Questions
- Is Yessenia a boy or girl name?
- Yessenia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yessenia were girls.
- How popular is the name Yessenia?
- 18 baby girls were named Yessenia in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Yessenia most popular?
- Yessenia peaked in 1990, when 330 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #662 in 1990.
- How many people are named Yessenia?
- 7,466 babies have been named Yessenia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,344 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Yessenia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yessenia was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.