Gesenia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gesenia

The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Gesenia between 1971 and 1995, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gesenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gesenia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gesenia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Gesenia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gesenia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 160 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.