How Many People Are Named Yesenia?
people named Yesenia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,790 people in the US has this name
Based on 39,781 babies named Yesenia in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,044 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Jessenia, the genus name of a type of tree found in South America. This name was first used by Yolanda Vargas in the Telenovela 'Yesenia' (1970).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Yesenia, 99.2% were girls and 0.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yesenia alive today is about 31 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yesenia first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 1987, to 2,044 babies. In 2025, 103 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yesenia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #137, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #1,901.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,901 |
| Best rank | #137 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #193 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yesenia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yesenia were born in California than in any other state: about 15,478 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yesenia was given 2.9 times as often in California, 2.1 times in Nevada and 2 times in Arizona.
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