Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yeison through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 688
- 688 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 66
- #2,182 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +76%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 66 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,182 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 75.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,001 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.
Yeison’s family of names
Yeison may belong to the same name family as YEISONN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yeison
- Yeison GordilloColombian soccer playerborn 1992
- Yeison RivasColombian athletics competitorborn 1987
- Yeison JiménezColombian singer-songwriter (1991–2026)
- Yeison GuzmánColombian footballerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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