How rare is the name Jessenia?

5,046 people in the United States have the first name Jessenia, about 1 in 59,856. It ranks #3,887 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JESSENIA

#3,887

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,046
About
1 in 59,856
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,046 people named Jessenia, 93.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% as White and 1.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jessenia peaked in 1993, when 219 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
219
In 2025*
21 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,428 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jessenia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,777. The largest share of babies named Jessenia, 43.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#3,939318
1980s#2,0801,084
1990s#1,7771,876
2000s#2,6591,376
2010s#4,938605
2020s#8,253169
Generation X 1965–807.2%
Millennials 1981–9643.9%
Generation Z 1997–1239.7%
2013 and later9.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jessenia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jessenia has been most common in Florida (3.6×), New Jersey (3.6×), and New York (3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.31×).

4,048 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jessenia

#3,885 Enrico · 5,049#3,886 Jamir · 5,048#3,888 Saba · 5,040#3,889 Langston · 5,039

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jessenia, most common first.

#4,468 Jesenia · 4,166#24,306 Jessen · 397#36,737 Jessina · 215#44,359 Jecenia · 156#47,857 Jessenya · 135#49,348 Jesenya · 126#52,287 Jessinia · 108

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