Yesenia
- #1,896 for girls in 2025, 103 births
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
- Given to girls 99.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 2,003 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 39,467since 1966
Yesenia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Yesenia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,896 | 103 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,546 | 138 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,581 | 133 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,775 | 116 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,780 | 114 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,474 | 145 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,598 | 133 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,595 | 134 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,482 | 150 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 183 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,311 | 181 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,221 | 200 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,039 | 239 | — | |
| 2012 | #899 | 292 | — | |
| 2011 | #882 | 297 | — | |
| 2010 | #700 | 407 | — | |
| 2009 | #601 | 502 | — | |
| 2008 | #528 | 580 | — | |
| 2007 | #472 | 680 | — | |
| 2006 | #420 | 759 | — | |
| 2005 | #400 | 786 | — | |
| 2004 | #338 | 950 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #302 | 1,026 | — | |
| 2002 | #271 | 1,161 | — | |
| 2001 | #268 | 1,173 | — | |
| 2000 | #248 | 1,294 | — | |
| 1999 | #242 | 1,306 | — | |
| 1998 | #260 | 1,185 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #229 | 1,306 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #193 | 1,503 | — | |
| 1995 | #200 | 1,495 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #186 | 1,608 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #191 | 1,527 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #175 | 1,744 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #189 | 1,577 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #156 | 1,923 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | #204 | 1,303 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #215 | 1,208 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #136 | 2,003 | #1,655 | 41 |
| 1986 | #293 | 848 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #421 | 522 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #487 | 415 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #453 | 454 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #470 | 448 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #423 | 513 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #426 | 509 | — | |
| 1979 | #400 | 540 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #465 | 423 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #448 | 446 | — | |
| 1976 | #435 | 461 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #407 | 495 | — | |
| 1974 | #451 | 408 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #503 | 343 | — | |
| 1972 | #414 | 471 | — | |
| 1971 | #407 | 527 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | — | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five girls were named Yesenia! It came in at #3,040, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
Where Yesenia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Oregon#619 · 1 in 2,610
- Colorado#907 · 1 in 4,665
- California#997 · 1 in 5,990
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
- Tennessee#1,127 · 1 in 6,415
Best ever in a state: #45 in California, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| California | #997 | 27 | 1 in 5,990 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| Texas | #1,615 | 14 | 1 in 11,467 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 422 spots since 2020 (#1,474 → #1,896)
- Biggest jump: 2,115 spots in 1971
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 2011
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1987 at #136 (2,003 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1971–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 868
- Highest: 1 in 868 girls born in 1987 were named Yesenia (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,605 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 38.4% of all girls named Yesenia (15,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51 | #3,040 (1966) | #3,933 |
| 1970s | 4,143 | #400 (1979) | #645 |
| 1980s | 8,223 | #136 (1987) | #353 |
| 1990s | 15,174 | #156 (1990) | #202 |
| 2000s | 8,911 | #248 (2000) | #385 |
| 2010s | 2,216 | #700 (2010) | #1,203 |
| 2020s | 749 | #1,474 (2020) | #1,675 |
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.
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