Girls' name · since 1983

Yasenia

164 babies named Yasenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#21,874 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,479 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
164
born since 1983
1990s
peak decade

164 babies have been named Yasenia since 1983, making it today's #15479 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yasenia has been recorded 164 times among girls since 1983, currently ranked #15479 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.

  • #21,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,479 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 164 born since 1983
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yasenia ranks #21,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,479 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 164 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.

#21,874 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,479 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
164
born since 1983
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%10.5%
Yasenia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Yasenia's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Yasenia compares

164 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Yasenia's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yasenia Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 164 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Yasenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Yasenia splits its recorded history at 1997: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Yasenia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1996)
13
Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
468101214 198319871992199519982003200720132025 5

Yasenia by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (63 births, 38% of the file).

1990s was Yasenia's strongest decade.

63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.

Yasenia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 63 births (38% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yasenia?
164 babies have been named Yasenia since 1983. All-time, it sits at #21,874 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,479 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1996 with 13 births.
Where does Yasenia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yasenia ranks #21,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,479 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yasenia most popular?
Yasenia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Yasenia been used?
The SSA has tracked Yasenia since 1983 -- 43 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Yasenia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yasmin, Yasmine, Yasmeen, Yasmina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Yasenia's data

  • Yasenia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

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 Yasenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1983–2025 (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 Yasenia 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.