The first name Yessenia
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Yessenia at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 18 girls born in the United States were named Yessenia, the 6,536th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1990, when 330 were.
7,466
babies named Yessenia since 1880
#6,536
rank in 2025
1990
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Yessenia
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Yessenia LópezChilean footballer, born 1990
Questions
- Is Yessenia a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 7,466 US babies named Yessenia since 1880 were girls.
- When was Yessenia most popular?
- 1990 in the United States, when 330 babies were named Yessenia, its highest rank at 663rd.