Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Yessenia

#1,934 most common girls' name of all time · #3,314 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#1,934
Rank overall
#3,314 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
7,466
Since 2016
364
Peak year
1990 #663
Best rank
#663 1990
Girls Boys peak 337/yr
198020002020

Yessenia first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 18 — 18 #6,384
2024 32 — 32 #4,416
2023 32 — 32 #4,392
2022 32 — 32 #4,413
2021 37 — 37 #3,961
2020 34 — 34 #4,112
2019 40 — 40 #3,743
2018 37 — 37 #3,951
2017 48 — 48 #3,321
2016 54 — 54 #3,081
2015 61 — 61 #2,869
2014 71 — 71 #2,529
2013 71 — 71 #2,522
2012 83 — 83 #2,279
2011 103 — 103 #1,934
2010 133 — 133 #1,627
2009 136 — 136 #1,647
2008 157 — 157 #1,493
2007 193 — 193 #1,275
2006 192 — 192 #1,254
2005 225 — 225 #1,064
2004 239 — 239 #991
2003 231 — 231 #1,002
2002 243 — 243 #921
2001 253 — 253 #899
2000 217 — 217 #978
1999 264 — 264 #822
1998 274 — 274 #784
1997 283 — 283 #753
1996 315 — 315 #691
1995 280 — 280 #733
1994 277 — 277 #750
1993 316 — 316 #687
1992 300 — 300 #713
1991 278 — 278 #748
1990 330 7 337 #663
1989 235 — 235 #812
1988 250 5 255 #754
1987 249 — 249 #728
1986 89 — 89 #1,446
1985 85 — 85 #1,470
1984 56 — 56 #1,901
1983 64 — 64 #1,713
1982 75 — 75 #1,582
1981 68 — 68 #1,695
1980 50 — 50 #2,093
1979 50 — 50 #2,046
1978 46 — 46 #2,083
1977 39 — 39 #2,338
1976 27 — 27 #2,856
1975 38 — 38 #2,231
1974 49 — 49 #1,819
1973 37 — 37 #2,167
1972 36 — 36 #2,172
1971 22 — 22 #3,165