Girls' name · since 1971
Gesenia
160 babies named Gesenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gesenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1971.
Gesenia has 160 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1995.
- #22,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gesenia ranks #22,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gesenia's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Gesenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gesenia's full recorded timeline at 1981, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gesenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1995
- Peak year (1979)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Gesenia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (84 births, 53% of the file).
1970s was Gesenia's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Gesenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 84 births (53% of all-time use).
Gesenia by state
Where Gesenia concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 3.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 3.1% |
12 of 160 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Gesenia's data
- Gesenia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Gesenias (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gesenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gesenia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.