Yecenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yeh-SEH-nyah
Yecenia is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yecenia mean?
Latin American variant of Yesenia
Variant spelling of Yesenia, a name used in Spanish-speaking communities.
Is Yecenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Yecenia is a girls' name.
How popular is Yecenia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Yecenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yecenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,671 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 61 | #2,049 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,127 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
Names like Yecenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Yesenia, Maria, Sophia, Victoria, Sierra, Samantha, Marisol, Talia, Julia, Jessica, Bianca
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, “Yecenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yecenia, updated 20 October 2026.