Yessenia is an uncommon variant of Yesenia that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Yessenia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,536 for girl births in the United States (and #11,357 across all names), given to 18 babies. Yessenia was first reported in SSA data in 1971 and peaked in 1990 (330 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | #6,536 | — |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | #4,470 | — |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #4,451 | — |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | #4,464 | — |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | #4,009 | — |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 | #4,164 | — |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | #3,786 | — |
| 2018 | 37 | 37 | #4,000 | — |
| 2017 | 48 | 48 | #3,343 | — |
| 2016 | 54 | 54 | #3,098 | — |
| 2015 | 61 | 61 | #2,888 | — |
| 2014 | 71 | 71 | #2,534 | — |
| 2013 | 71 | 71 | #2,532 | — |
| 2012 | 83 | 83 | #2,285 | — |
| 2011 | 103 | 103 | #1,942 | — |
| 2010 | 133 | 133 | #1,628 | — |
| 2009 | 136 | 136 | #1,649 | — |
| 2008 | 157 | 157 | #1,494 | — |
| 2007 | 193 | 193 | #1,276 | — |
| 2006 | 192 | 192 | #1,256 | — |
| 2005 | 225 | 225 | #1,065 | — |
| 2004 | 239 | 239 | #992 | — |
| 2003 | 231 | 231 | #1,002 | — |
| 2002 | 243 | 243 | #922 | — |
| 2001 | 253 | 253 | #899 | — |
| 2000 | 217 | 217 | #980 | — |
| 1999 | 264 | 264 | #823 | — |
| 1998 | 274 | 274 | #785 | — |
| 1997 | 283 | — | #753 | — |
| 1996 | 315 | — | #691 | — |
| 1995 | 280 | — | #733 | — |
| 1994 | 277 | — | #750 | — |
| 1993 | 316 | — | #687 | — |
| 1992 | 300 | — | #713 | — |
| 1991 | 278 | — | #748 | — |
| 1990 | 337 | — | #663 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 235 | — | #812 | — |
| 1988 | 255 | — | #754 | #8,474 |
| 1987 | 249 | — | #728 | — |
| 1986 | 89 | — | #1,446 | — |
| 1985 | 85 | — | #1,472 | — |
| 1984 | 56 | — | #1,903 | — |
| 1983 | 64 | — | #1,714 | — |
| 1982 | 75 | — | #1,583 | — |
| 1981 | 68 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1980 | 50 | — | #2,095 | — |
| 1979 | 50 | — | #2,048 | — |
| 1978 | 46 | — | #2,090 | — |
| 1977 | 39 | — | #2,339 | — |
| 1976 | 27 | — | #2,864 | — |
| 1975 | 38 | — | #2,230 | — |
| 1974 | 49 | — | #1,819 | — |
| 1973 | 37 | — | #2,170 | — |
| 1972 | 36 | — | #2,172 | — |
| 1971 | 22 | — | #3,163 | — |