Jesenia

#7,282 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Yesenia

Jesenia has been given to 4,770 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #7,282 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 195 recorded.

Babies named Jesenia, 2025

1 in 221,000

Jesenia over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jesenia: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Yesenia

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jesenia means

Jesenia is a variant of Yesenia.

Origin, language, and formation

Jesenia is used in Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yesenia and Gjesenia.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,764 girls were recorded with the name Jesenia between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 195 in 1990; its best national rank was #898 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,814 in 2020 to #7,282 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,342 in 2015 to #7,282 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Jesenia between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1989; its best national rank was #7,406 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jesenia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 107,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,282; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jesenia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jesenia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jesenias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jesenia was born before 1994 — so the typical Jesenia is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 33.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 30.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 4,764; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 33.6% of all recorded uses (1,601).

Is Jesenia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +882; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,468; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,940; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.45×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 7.7%; Peak was 1990 (195)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #898; 1987

Spellings of Jesenia

Jesenia is not the most common spelling — Yesenia is, with 60.8% against Jesenia's 7.3%.

Yesenia60.8%39,467
Yessenia11.5%7,454
Jessenia8.4%5,428
Jesenia7.3%4,764
Regenia4.0%2,626
Jelena2.5%1,633
Yecenia1.9%1,230
Jessia1.0%676

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jesenia is used

Across 1910–2025, Jesenia was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 27,601 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Jersey1 in 11,111
2Florida1 in 14,286
3California1 in 16,667
4New York1 in 16,667
5Texas1 in 25,000
6Illinois1 in 33,333
7Arizona1 in 50,000
8Connecticut1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jesenia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jesenia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,282
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,468
Best rank ever: #898; 1987
Peak year: 1990; 195 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 4,764
Count in 2025: 15

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,406; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 6 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jesenia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jessenia Jessika Jesslyn Jesica Jessalyn Lavinia Melania Milania Jessa Jessi Jeslyn Jesus Jessy Jesseca Yessenia Jesse Jessyca Jesiah Latonia Zinnia Stefania Jessiah Luvenia Jessia

Names with a curve like Jesenia

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jesenia, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Franchesca Deandra Yanira Merissa Bethanie Jenae Colby Lashay Janay Keyona Shanelle Keona

Sibling names for Jesenia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Stefani Chantelle Kacy Alesha Kristyn Chanelle Monika Shelbi

For a brother

Garrick Laron Bradly Kelsey Arron Brandan Coty Derrell

Explore around Jesenia

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