Jesenia

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 187 births
Debut · girls
43 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,764
since 1971

Jesenia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jesenia has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #897, 1987girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,13315—
2024#7,96713—
2023#6,40918—
2022#6,98416—
2021#6,69117—
2020#4,75727—
2019#5,44923—
2018#6,79217—
2017#5,04526—
2016#4,53131—
2015#4,29533—
2014#3,71941—
2013#4,07636—
2012#3,71142—
2011#3,17352—
2010#2,75264—
2009#2,59271—
2008#1,865114—
2007#2,003102—
2006#2,28783—
2005#1,778110—
2004#1,630119—
2003#1,561123—
2002#1,468130—
2001#1,595116—
2000#1,524119—
1999#1,321136—
1998#1,392123—
1997#1,298134—
1996#1,124161—
1995#1,107160—
1994#1,160153—
1993#1,023180—
1992#1,021184—
1991#1,044175—
1990#962195—
1989#1,023167#6,9416
1988#1,066148—
1987#897187—
1986#1,314101—
1985#1,43987—
1984#1,36287—
1983#1,38985—
1982#1,58474—
1981#1,40687—
1980#1,41986—
1979#1,62369—
1978#1,52373—
1977#1,60966—
1976#1,84050—
1975#1,75653—
1974#1,63057—
1973#2,01940—
1972#1,85645—
1971#1,96643—
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Jesenia! It came in at #1,966, and was given to 43 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.

Where Jesenia is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #817 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,137 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMINew York: #464 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,051 girlsNYMassachusetts: #451 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,042 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,100 girlsPANew Jersey: #287 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsNJConnecticut: #316 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,122 girlsCTCalifornia: #753 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 5,965 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jesenia, so not publishedHITexas: #1,007 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,172 girlsTXFlorida: #687 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,652 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#287 · 1 in 1,845
  2. Connecticut#316 · 1 in 2,122
  3. Massachusetts#451 · 1 in 3,521
  4. New York#464 · 1 in 3,051
  5. Florida#687 · 1 in 5,652

Best ever in a state: #215 in Connecticut, 1987.

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New Jersey#287261 in 1,845
Connecticut#31691 in 2,122
Massachusetts#451111 in 3,521
New York#464401 in 3,051
Florida#687141 in 5,652
California#753441 in 5,965
Illinois#817111 in 7,137
Texas#1,007151 in 9,172
Pennsylvania#1,04261 in 12,100
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jesenia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 834 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,133)
  • 2,376 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #7,133)
  • 2,838 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #7,133)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1987 (#1,314 → #897)
  • Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1988 (#897 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1987 at #897 (187 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1987–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,297
  • Highest: 1 in 9,297 girls born in 1987 were named Jesenia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Jesenia (1,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s496#1,523 (1978)#1,758
1980s1,109#897 (1987)#1,290
1990s1,601#962 (1990)#1,145
2000s1,087#1,468 (2002)#1,830
2010s365#2,752 (2010)#4,354
2020s106#4,757 (2020)#6,657

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jesenia in 1990

girls
#962
195 births · 1 in 9,736 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #962Jesenia195
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 9,736 of them was named Jesenia, which outranked 93.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jesenia
  1. #957Kristan196
  2. #957Mariel196
  3. #957Marsha196
  4. #962Jesenia195
  5. #962Cari195
  6. #962Haleigh195
  7. #962Jeanne195
  8. #966Janel194
  9. #966Marlena194
  10. #968Deidre193

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →