NameTides

Yesenia

Yesenia was the #1,896 girls' name in the US in 2025 (103 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Yesenia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yesenia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Yesenia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,896 (103)#4,867 (4)—
2024#1,546 (138)#5,892 (3)—
2023#1,581 (133)——
2022#1,775 (116)——
2021#1,780 (114)——
2020#1,474 (145)——
2019#1,598 (133)——
2018#1,595 (134)——
2017#1,482 (150)#4,763 (4)#2,876 (6)
2016#1,307 (183)——
2015#1,311 (181)——
2014#1,221 (200)——
2013#1,039 (239)——
2012#899 (292)——
2011#882 (297)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #136.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yesenia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yesenia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #997CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Yesenia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YeseniaCanadaGirls—too few
YeseniaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
YeseniaUSGirls#1,896103
YeseniaUSBoys—too few