Is Yecenia a boy or girl name?

Yecenia is a girl’s name. Of the 1,235 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.6% were girls and 0.4% were boys.

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Yecenia

Recorded 1971–2011 · United States

Yecenia was most popular in 1990, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,023 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,235 people named Yecenia.

Yecenia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yecenia’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yecenia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yecenia is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 1,235 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yecenia

Where Yecenia is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org