How popular is the name Yesenia?

Yesenia ranks 622nd among girls' names in US records, with 39,728 births since 1966. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,424.

Is Yesenia a unisex name?

No. Yesenia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1987, when 2,003 children were given the name. It has been in use for 59 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#622 of girl names

Pronounced Y EH1 S EH1 N IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)

Yesenia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1966. It has been given to 39,728 children — the 622nd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 70% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1987, when 2,003 children were given it.

1987Girls: 2,003Boys: 41

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Yesenia?: Yesenia ranks 622nd among girls' names in US records, with 39,728 births since 1966. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,424.
Is Yesenia a unisex name?: No. Yesenia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Yesenia most popular?: 1987, when 2,003 children were given the name. It has been in use for 59 years and is still recorded as of 2024.