Given name
Yecenia
“resembling a flower”
Yecenia is a variant of Yesenia. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yecenia is a variant of Yesenia. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yecenia is a variant of Yesenia. An origin associated with Yesenia is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yecenia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,235
- 5 boys · 1,230 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 77 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,303 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yecenia’s family of names
Yecenia has a related form in Yesenia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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