Recorded 1972–2003 Girls' name Peak 1998 72 births

Yesena — girls' name

72 babies named Yesena in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s71980s51990s372000s23
1990s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Yesena was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

9 babies were named Yesena in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yesena

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Yesena between 1972 and 2003, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yesena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yesena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yesena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yesena 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 72 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.

Yesena at a glance

Last recorded 2003

Total births

72

Since 1972

32 years of records

Peak year

1998

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2003

Active since

1972

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2003

Yesena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1972

Last recorded 2003
Peak year (1998)
9
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
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Yesena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
37 births that decade — 51% of Yesena's all-time total
1970s71980s51990s372000s23

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yesena?
72 babies have been named Yesena since 1972. It was last recorded in 2003. The peak year was 1998 with 9 births.
When was Yesena most popular?
Yesena was most popular in the 1990s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
How long has the name Yesena been used?
Yesena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1972, spanning 32 years of data through 2003.
What names are similar to Yesena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yesenia, Yessenia, Yessica, Yesica, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.