Girls' name · peaked in 1987
Yesenia name popularity since 1925
39,781 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Yesenia (99.2% girls, 0.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Yesenia is about 32 years old in 2026. Yesenia peaked in 1987 as the #137 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 39,781
- Named Yesenia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,901 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% girls
- 39,467 girls · 314 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 3.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Yesenia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Yesenia births per year, 1925–2025
1987 was the biggest year for Yesenia both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1982 and 1987, Yesenia became 4.4× more common, from 1 in 3,780 baby girls to 1 in 868.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 3,660 to 1 in 8,930.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Yesenia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Yesenia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Yesenia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 51 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 4,143 | 26 | #408 |
| 1980s | 8,223 | 161 | #423 |
| 1990s | 15,174 | 121 | #200 |
| 2000s | 8,911 | 6 | #400 |
| 2010s | 2,216 | 0 | #1,316 |
| 2020–25 | 749 | 0 | #1,901 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
48.7% of babies named Yesenia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Yesenia is most popular
The index compares Yesenia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Yesenia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3.93× | 15,841 |
| Nevada | 2.85× | 387 |
| Arizona | 2.69× | 1,329 |
| Texas | 2.11× | 6,308 |
| Illinois | 1.60× | 2,971 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Yesenia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Yesenia (this page) | 39,467 | 1987 |
| Yessenia | 7,454 | 1996 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Yesenia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Yesenia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Yesenia (1987).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data