How Many People Are Named Yessenia?
people named Yessenia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,634 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,466 babies named Yessenia in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
337 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of YESENIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Yessenia (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yessenia alive today is about 28 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yessenia first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1990, to 337 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yessenia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #662, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #6,535.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,535 |
| Best rank | #662 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #745 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yessenia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yessenia were born in California than in any other state: about 2,436 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yessenia was given 2.9 times as often in California, 2.2 times in Arizona and 2.1 times in Texas.
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