Jessenia Girl
How popular is Jessenia?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Jessenia in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Jessenia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▲ 75 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,143 in 2015, #3,840 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (219 girls) |
| Highest rank | #880 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jessenia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jessenia family of names ranked #2,829 for girls in 2025 (#2,961 the year before), with 36 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jessenia | 21 | 58% |
| Jesenia | 15 | 42% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jessenia is most popular
Babies named Jessenia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Jessenia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 318 | #1,530 |
| 1980s | 1,084 | #906 |
| 1990s | 1,876 | #880 |
| 2000s | 1,376 | #1,199 |
| 2010s | 605 | #1,978 |
| 2020s | 169 | #3,840 |
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Questions
- Is Jessenia a boy or girl name?
- Jessenia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jessenia were girls.
- How popular is the name Jessenia?
- 21 baby girls were named Jessenia in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Jessenia most popular?
- Jessenia peaked in 1993, when 219 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #880 in 1993.
- How many people are named Jessenia?
- 5,428 babies have been named Jessenia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,336 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Jessenia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jessenia was most common in New Jersey, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.