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Yessenia

yes-EN-ee-uh /jɛsˈɑniə/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#6,325 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
18 (<0.01% of girls)
Trend
Slipping #4,078 in 2020 to #6,325 in 2025
Peak
#663 in 1990
First recorded
1971

Meaning of Yessenia

Imagine Yessenia stepping in like a Bollywood heroine under a monsoon sky—she arrives with the fragrant promise of fresh jasmine blooms, her name rooted in the Arabic yasamin and carried by Latin winds from a 1970s Mexican telenovela. Pronounced yes-EN-ee-uh in English and yes-SEH-nyah in Spanish, Yessenia sashays through syllables with effortless grace, each beat painting vivid hues of sunlit terraces and moonlit kites at Diwali. She embodies warmth and resilience, her floral lineage whispering dreams of garden festivals and spice-laden chai at dawn. Over the decades, she has danced up the US name charts, winning a steady fan club of proud parents from Los Angeles to Lucknow who adore her melodic flair and storytelling spirit. Energetic and welcoming, Yessenia invites little girls to bloom boldly, spreading sweetness and a dash of drama wherever their paths may wind.

How to pronounce Yessenia

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Popularity of Yessenia in the U.S.

Yessenia was the #6,325 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 18 babies. It peaked at #663 in 1990. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Bar and line chart: Yessenia in the U.S., 1971–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 330 in 1990 and 18 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #663 in 1990, #6,325 in 2025.
  • Girls named Yessenia (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1971–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1971⁠–⁠2025 55 rows
Yessenia: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025186,325▼ 1,938
2024324,387▼ 24
2023324,363▲ 15
2022324,378▼ 443
2021373,935▲ 143
2020344,078▼ 360
2019403,718▲ 200
2018373,918▼ 613
2017483,305▼ 245
2016543,060▼ 214
2015612,846▼ 329
2014712,517▼ 9
2013712,508▼ 243
2012832,265▼ 338
20111031,927▼ 306
20101331,621▲ 18
20091361,639▼ 153
20081571,486▼ 212
20071931,274▼ 22
20061921,252▼ 191
20052251,061▼ 70
2004239991▲ 9
20032311,000▼ 81
2002243919▼ 22
2001253897▲ 78
2000217975▼ 154
1999264821▼ 37
1998274784▼ 32
1997283752▼ 63
1996315689▲ 41
1995280730▲ 18
1994277748▼ 61
1993316687▲ 25
1992300712▲ 35
1991278747▼ 84
1990330663▲ 147
1989235810▼ 59
1988250751▼ 26
1987249725▲ 714
1986891,439▲ 19
1985851,458▲ 428
1984561,886▼ 186
1983641,700▼ 134
1982751,566▲ 108
1981681,674▲ 395
1980502,069▼ 49
1979502,020▲ 30
1978462,050▲ 257
1977392,307▲ 485
1976272,792▼ 596
1975382,196▼ 395
1974491,801▲ 326
1973372,127▲ 8
1972362,135▲ 927
1971223,062new

Notable people named Yessenia

  • Yessenia Huenteo is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right winger for Deportes Iquique.