Yecenia

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #12,153 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,847
1990 · 77 births
Debut · girls
1971
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,230
since 1971

Yecenia over time

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Rank among girls' names. Yecenia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #1,847, 1990girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Yecenia! It came in at #4,123, and was given to 14 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2012–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Yecenia is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMINew York: #1,551 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,630 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,282 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 15,180 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Yecenia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,282 · 1 in 15,180
  2. New York#1,551 · 1 in 20,630

Best ever in a state: #692 in Washington, 1991.

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See more about Yecenia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1990 at #1,847 (77 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,656
  • Highest: 1 in 24,656 girls born in 1990 were named Yecenia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 219,883 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 37.6% of all girls named Yecenia (462) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s207#2,621 (1979)#3,196
1980s346#2,054 (1989)#2,945
1990s462#1,847 (1990)#2,806
2000s199#3,983 (2000)#6,738
2010s16#12,153 (2011)#12,215

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.

Yecenia in 1974

girls
#2,922
24 births · 1 in 61,147 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,922Yecenia24
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 61,147 of them was named Yecenia, which outranked 71.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yecenia
  1. #2,835Xenia25
  2. #2,835Yolande25
  3. #2,835Zita25
  4. #2,922Yecenia24
  5. #2,922Abra24
  6. #2,922Agatha24
  7. #2,922Alejandrina24
  8. #3,008Alanda23
  9. #3,008Albert23
  10. #3,008Aleida23

Tied with 85 names at #2,922; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974 →