How rare is the name Yesenia?

49,764 people in the United States have the first name Yesenia, about 1 in 6,069. It ranks #904 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YESENIA

#904

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,764
About
1 in 6,069
This common or more
68.6%
Who bears it

Of the 49,764 people named Yesenia, 97.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yesenia peaked in 1987, when 2,044 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
2,044
In 2025*
103 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 39,781 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Yesenia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #398. The largest share of babies named Yesenia, 48.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#8,96751
1970s#8504,169
1980s#5718,384
1990s#39815,295
2000s#6898,917
2010s#2,0522,216
2020s#3,061749
Generation X 1965–8011.9%
Millennials 1981–9648.7%
Generation Z 1997–1234.5%
2013 and later4.9%

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 Yesenia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yesenia has been most common in California (4.2×), Nevada (3.1×), and Arizona (2.9×), and least common in Ohio (0.03×).

37,635 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 Yesenia

#902 Vicky · 49,818#903 Donovan · 49,795#905 Johanna · 49,738#906 Celia · 49,709

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,676 Yessenia · 8,776#10,294 Yecenia · 1,303#21,351 Yezenia · 476#37,821 Yesinia · 205#40,051 Yesena · 187#40,852 Yesina · 181#43,660 Yesnia · 161#47,034 Yesennia · 140

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