Jesenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- heh-SEH-nee-a
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Jesenia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Jesenia mean?
Spelling of Yesenia, from a Mexican comic and telenovela
A spelling of Yesenia, popularised by the heroine of Yolanda Vargas Dulché's Mexican comic and its 1970s screen adaptations.
Is Jesenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jesenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jesenia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Jesenia, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 195 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Jesenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jesenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,591 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 102 | #2,003 |
| 2006 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 119 | #1,629 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,467 |
| 2001 | 116 | #1,594 |
| 2000 | 119 | #1,522 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,319 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,390 |
| 1997 | 134 | #1,296 |
| 1996 | 161 | #1,122 |
| 1995 | 160 | #1,104 |
| 1994 | 153 | #1,157 |
| 1993 | 180 | #1,021 |
| 1992 | 184 | #1,019 |
| 1991 | 175 | #1,041 |
| 1990 | 195 | #960 |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,020 |
| 1988 | 148 | #1,065 |
| 1987 | 187 | #897 |
| 1986 | 101 | #1,314 |
| 1985 | 87 | #1,438 |
| 1984 | 87 | #1,362 |
| 1983 | 85 | #1,389 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,419 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,623 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,523 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,609 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,630 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
Names like Jesenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Natalia, Victoria, Juliana, Alexandria, Ariana, Julianna, Alejandra, Viviana, Mia, Alivia, Samantha
Names related to Jesenia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jesenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesenia, updated 20 October 2026.