Yessenia
- Pronunciation
- [Ye-sse-ni-a]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- Romanian
Yessenia is a name traditionally given to a girl of Romanian origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more Romanian baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Yessenia Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 7,436 baby girls have been named Yessenia. The name peaked in 1990 with 330 US births that year (rank #663). In 2024, ranked #4452 nationally — 3,789 places below its 1990 peak.
Top States for Yessenia
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Yessenia births are: California (2,473), Texas (1,142), New York (570).
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8-Letter Names Starting with Y
Names with Yessenia's exact length and starting letter: Ya Akove, Ya-Akove, Ya-Allah, Yakootah, Yanamari.
Quick Facts About Yessenia
US Popularity History (2000–2004)
Annual US births named Yessenia by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 253 girls named Yessenia (girl rank #899 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2004, ranked #992 for girls (239 US births). That's 93 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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