Jesenia
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 187 births
- Debut · girls
- 43 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,764since 1971
Jesenia over time
Rank among girls' names. Jesenia has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,752 | 64 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,592 | 71 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,865 | 114 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,003 | 102 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,287 | 83 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,778 | 110 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,630 | 119 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 123 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,468 | 130 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,595 | 116 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,524 | 119 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,321 | 136 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,392 | 123 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,298 | 134 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,124 | 161 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,107 | 160 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,160 | 153 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,023 | 180 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,021 | 184 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,044 | 175 | — | |
| 1990 | #962 | 195 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,023 | 167 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,066 | 148 | — | |
| 1987 | #897 | 187 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,314 | 101 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,439 | 87 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,362 | 87 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,389 | 85 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,419 | 86 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,623 | 69 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,609 | 66 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jesenia! It came in at #1,966, and was given to 43 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.
Where Jesenia is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#369 · 1 in 2,609
- New York#501 · 1 in 3,727
- California#1,060 · 1 in 10,700
- Texas#1,475 · 1 in 18,632
Best ever in a state: #215 in Connecticut, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #369 | 15 | 1 in 2,609 |
| New York | #501 | 28 | 1 in 3,727 |
| California | #1,060 | 18 | 1 in 10,700 |
| Texas | #1,475 | 7 | 1 in 18,632 |
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See more about Jesenia
- 834 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,133)
- 2,376 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #7,133)
- 2,838 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1987 (#1,314 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1988 (#897 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1987 at #897 (187 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1987–1990
- Highest: 1 in 9,297 girls born in 1987 were named Jesenia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.6% of all girls named Jesenia (1,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 496 | #1,523 (1978) | #1,758 |
| 1980s | 1,109 | #897 (1987) | #1,290 |
| 1990s | 1,601 | #962 (1990) | #1,145 |
| 2000s | 1,087 | #1,468 (2002) | #1,830 |
| 2010s | 365 | #2,752 (2010) | #4,354 |
| 2020s | 106 | #4,757 (2020) | #6,657 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jesenia in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 19,354 of them was named Jesenia, which outranked 88.8% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,355Salena88
- #1,355Skye88
- #1,355Venus88
- #1,362Jesenia87
- #1,362Adele87
- #1,362Candra87
- #1,362Jenessa87
- #1,368Alex86
- #1,368Apryl86
- #1,368Ashlei86
Tied with 5 names at #1,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.