Jessenia — #5835 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jessenia

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,406 babies named Jessenia between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jessenia currently holds the #5835 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 219 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jessenia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,876 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jessenia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 983 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jessenia in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jessenia 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 5,406 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.