Yolanda

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #5,382
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1972 · 3,398 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
112,918
since 1901

Yolanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #89, 1972girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,21149
2024#2,58568
2023#2,82360
2022#3,03354
2021#3,03754
2020#2,59765
2019#2,19384
2018#2,01497
2017#1,824113
2016#1,99699
2015#1,872109
2014#1,706123
2013#1,900105
2012#1,612134
2011#1,728119
2010#1,611134
2009#1,432163
2008#1,386172
2007#1,244199
2006#1,087233
2005#1,105214
2004#1,086211
2003#1,027224
2002#971228
2001#918246
2000#774295
1999#798274
1998#751288
1997#634353
1996#605378
1995#559415
1994#526468
1993#435578
1992#422597
1991#422606
1990#390672#5,3829
1989#359713#5,1659
1988#310799#4,7869
1987#274895#4,23910
1986#278882#3,44013
1985#2471,043#4,3339
1984#2371,069#4,5528
1983#2081,209#4,9077
1982#1901,439#4,2349
1981#1771,565#2,89815
1980#1571,776#2,83116
1979#1471,934#3,81010
1978#1381,951#3,61410
1977#1342,122#2,55617
1976#1172,273#3,26411
1975#1072,655#2,45017
1974#1122,632#3,31810
1973#1132,754#2,03620
1972#893,398#2,24317
1971#983,721#1,91622
1970#1063,591#1,88922
1969#983,771#2,68211
1968#933,697#1,61424
1967#1202,798#2,35212
1966#1312,772#3,9485
1965#1392,759#2,36612
1964#1472,763#2,31013
1963#1572,579#2,53911
1962#1642,458#2,18614
1961#1672,514#2,9009
1960#1712,329#1,97317
1959#1692,285#2,41412
1958#1662,258#2,02616
1957#1652,327#2,27413
1956#1642,276#3,2167
1955#1672,056#2,30212
1954#1751,960#3,4526
1953#1711,808#2,7099
1952#1731,775#2,51410
1951#1791,637
1950#1791,567#3,0217
1949#1931,408#1,87216
1948#1971,364#2,7888
1947#1941,379#3,3706
1946#2031,200#3,1736
1945#240771#2,9966
1944#289561
1943#322475#3,5385
1942#330440
1941#340369
1940#342352
1939#372312
1938#352333
1937#347339
1936#370293
1935#408251
1934#425238
1933#434220
1932#405261
1931#356325
1930#358351
1929#348349
1928#329411
1927#343378
1926#313449
1925#287542
1924#276573
1923#261603
1922#306450
1921#346356
1920#368321
1919#356326
1918#374306
1917#338338
1916#360292
1915#382251
1914#403172
1913#490108
1912#53184
1911#52263
1910#67939
1909#69133
1908#64935
1907#79022
1906#91716
1905#71325
1904#1,17010
1903#96913
1902#1,07511
1901#1,1369
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five girls were named Yolanda! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.

Where Yolanda is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedNHWashington: #314 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #61 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 288 girlsILWisconsin: #157 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 786 girlsWIMichigan: #91 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 405 girlsMINew York: #85 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 400 girlsNYMassachusetts: #197 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,180 girlsMARhode Island: #163 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 865 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedORNevada: #114 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 390 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedIAIndiana: #108 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 452 girlsINOhio: #157 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 768 girlsOHPennsylvania: #148 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 728 girlsPANew Jersey: #74 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 313 girlsNJConnecticut: #107 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 465 girlsCTCalifornia: #79 for girls · 341 births · 1 in 402 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedUTColorado: #144 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 605 girlsCONebraska: #227 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,169 girlsNEMissouri: #110 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 489 girlsMOKentucky: #236 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,250 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #122 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 538 girlsVAMaryland: #76 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 332 girlsMDDelaware: #107 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 384 girlsDEArizona: #110 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 452 girlsAZNew Mexico: #72 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 294 girlsNMKansas: #175 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 770 girlsKSArkansas: #76 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 304 girlsARTennessee: #80 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 358 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #66 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 319 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #50 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 198 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #18 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 118 girlsDCOklahoma: #104 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 441 girlsOKLouisiana: #46 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 192 girlsLAMississippi: #32 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 172 girlsMSAlabama: #50 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 228 girlsALGeorgia: #47 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 209 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Yolanda, so not publishedHITexas: #46 for girls · 377 births · 1 in 256 girlsTXFlorida: #63 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 278 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#18 · 1 in 118
  2. Mississippi#32 · 1 in 172
  3. Louisiana#46 · 1 in 192
  4. Texas#46 · 1 in 256
  5. Georgia#47 · 1 in 209

Best ever in a state: #15 in Mississippi, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#18631 in 118
Mississippi#321011 in 172
Louisiana#461381 in 192
Texas#463771 in 256
Georgia#471721 in 209
Alabama#501061 in 228
South Carolina#50971 in 198
Illinois#612591 in 288
Florida#631601 in 278
North Carolina#661151 in 319
New Mexico#72261 in 294
New Jersey#741301 in 313
Arkansas#76431 in 304
Maryland#76621 in 332
California#793411 in 402
Tennessee#80791 in 358
New York#852771 in 400
Michigan#911531 in 405
Oklahoma#104371 in 441
Connecticut#107341 in 465
Delaware#10781 in 384
Indiana#108821 in 452
Arizona#110321 in 452
Missouri#110641 in 489
Nevada#11471 in 390
Virginia#122551 in 538
Colorado#144261 in 605
Pennsylvania#148991 in 728
Ohio#157971 in 768
Wisconsin#157351 in 786
Rhode Island#16361 in 865
Kansas#175161 in 770
Massachusetts#197291 in 1,180
Nebraska#22781 in 1,169
Kentucky#236191 in 1,250
Washington#314101 in 1,919
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Yolanda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 626 spots since 2024 (#2,585#3,211)
  • 614 spots since 2020 (#2,597#3,211)
  • 1,339 spots since 2015 (#1,872#3,211)
  • Biggest jump: 457 spots in 1905 (#1,170#713)
  • Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1906 (#713#917)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1972 at #89 (3,398 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1968–1969
  • Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1905–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 444
  • Highest: 1 in 444 girls born in 1968 were named Yolanda (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #89 in 1972, was only 1 in 448 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Yolanda (28,440) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s174#649 (1908)#901
1910s1,979#338 (1917)#444
1920s4,432#261 (1923)#318
1930s2,923#347 (1937)#383
1940s8,319#193 (1949)#265
1950s19,949#164 (1956)#171
1960s28,440#93 (1968)#139
1970s27,031#89 (1972)#116
1980s11,390#157 (1980)#244
1990s4,629#390 (1990)#554
2000s2,185#774 (2000)#1,103
2010s1,117#1,611 (2010)#1,846
2020s350#2,585 (2024)#2,881

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yolanda in 1972

girls
#89
3,398 births · 1 in 448 girls
boys
#2,243
17 births · 1 in 95,389 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #89Yolanda3,398

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #2,243Yolanda17
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 448 of them was named Yolanda, which outranked 99.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yolanda
  1. #86Anna3,449
  2. #87Erica3,443
  3. #88Tracey3,407
  4. #89Yolanda3,398
  5. #90Sheila3,394
  6. #91Ann3,360
  7. #92Suzanne3,300
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 95,389 of them was named Yolanda, which outranked 61.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yolanda
  1. #2,158Wayman18
  2. #2,158Yitzchok18
  3. #2,158Zak18
  4. #2,243Yolanda17
  5. #2,243Anastacio17
  6. #2,243Andree17
  7. #2,243Apolonio17
  8. #2,323Alvie16
  9. #2,323Antwaun16
  10. #2,323Anzio16

Tied with 79 names at #2,243; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972