Girls' name · since 1971
Yessenia
Yessenia has 7,454 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,454
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yessenia currently ranks #6378 among girls' names in America, with 7,454 babies recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Yessenia recorded 7,454 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #6378 nationally today, ahead of 63% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #1,985 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,378 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,454 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yessenia ranks #1,985 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,378 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,454 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,454
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yessenia's 7,454 recorded births place it above 97.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yessenia compares
7,454 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Yessenia's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yessenia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,454 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 330 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yessenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yessenia's full recorded timeline at 1998, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 18 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 330 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yessenia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 330
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Yessenia popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1988 (Yessenia as boys' name)
Yessenia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,917 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Yessenia's strongest decade.
2,917 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yessenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 344
1970s
344 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,221 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,917 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,086 births
- 2010s 701
2010s
701 births
- 2020s 185
2020s
185 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,917 births (39% of all-time use).
How Yessenia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yessenia's total volume
Yessenia by state
Where Yessenia concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,478 | 33.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,142 | 15.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 575 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 473 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 394 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 238 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 180 | 2.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 70 | 0.9% |
2,478 of 7,454 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Yessenia appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yessenia's data
- Yessenia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,917 total births); usage has since declined to 185 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yessenias (2,478 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Yessenia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yessenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Yessenia 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.