Meaning and history
From Jessenia, the genus name for a group of palm trees native to South America, Yesenia became known as a given name after being popularized by writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché in the 1970 Mexican telenovela Yesenia and its 1971 film adaptation.
20062006: 759 births, rank #420
2007: 680 births, rank #472
2008: 580 births, rank #528
2009: 502 births, rank #601
2010: 407 births, rank #700
20112011: 297 births, rank #882
2012: 292 births, rank #899
2013: 239 births, rank #1,039
2014: 200 births, rank #1,221
2015: 181 births, rank #1,311
20162016: 183 births, rank #1,307
2017: 150 births, rank #1,482
2018: 134 births, rank #1,595
2019: 133 births, rank #1,598
2020: 145 births, rank #1,474
20212021: 114 births, rank #1,780
2022: 116 births, rank #1,775
2023: 133 births, rank #1,581
2024: 138 births, rank #1,546
20252025: 103 births, rank #1,896
Yesenia moved from #883 to #900 for girls between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 1987, with 2,003 births.