Given name
Yesenia
“resembling a flower”
Yesenia is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yesenia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39,781
- 314 boys · 39,467 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 2,044 babies
- 2025
- 103
- #1,901 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 103 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,901 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,003 in 1987. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 49,764 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.
Yesenia’s family of names
Yesenia has a related form in Yessenia. Yesenia has a related form in Yecenia. Yesenia has a related form in Yasenya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yesseniavariant
- Yesennialikely variant
- Yessenyavariant
- Yesniavariant
- Yeceniavariant
- Yesenyavariant
- Yesiniavariant
- Yisseniavariant
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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.
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