Jessenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- heh-SEH-nee-a
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Jessenia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Jessenia mean?
Spelling of Yesenia, from a Mexican comic and telenovela
A spelling of Yesenia, the name of the heroine of a popular Mexican comic adapted for television in 1970.
Is Jessenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jessenia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 girls.
Jessenia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Jessenia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Jessenia, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 219 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Jessenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 89 | #2,132 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 101 | #2,042 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,635 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,581 |
| 2005 | 144 | #1,466 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,469 |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,445 |
| 2002 | 142 | #1,362 |
| 2001 | 170 | #1,199 |
| 2000 | 154 | #1,264 |
| 1999 | 158 | #1,204 |
| 1998 | 161 | #1,165 |
| 1997 | 186 | #1,029 |
| 1996 | 178 | #1,040 |
| 1995 | 159 | #1,110 |
| 1994 | 188 | #984 |
| 1993 | 219 | #880 |
| 1992 | 199 | #961 |
| 1991 | 215 | #902 |
| 1990 | 213 | #898 |
| 1989 | 162 | #1,048 |
| 1988 | 190 | #906 |
| 1987 | 167 | #959 |
| 1986 | 103 | #1,299 |
| 1985 | 108 | #1,259 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,703 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1981 | 69 | #1,663 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,530 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,746 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
Names like Jessenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Jessenia
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jessenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessenia, updated 20 October 2026.