Girl name#1,999 of girl names
Jessenia
Pronounced JH EH1 S EH1 N IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1993
- 54 years in use
How popular is Jessenia?
Jessenia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1971. It has been given to 5,421 children — the 1,999th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 356 births across the past decade, against a peak of 219 in a single year. That peak was in 1993.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH EH1 S EH1 N IY1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 1110
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jessenia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jessenia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jessenia?
- Jessenia ranks 1,999th among girls' names in US records, with 5,421 births since 1971. Over the past decade it accounts for 356.
- Is Jessenia a unisex name?
- No. Jessenia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jessenia most popular?
- 1993, when 219 children were given the name. It has been in use for 54 years and is still recorded as of 2024.