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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 112,918since 1901
Yolanda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,211 | 49 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,585 | 68 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,823 | 60 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,033 | 54 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,037 | 54 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,193 | 84 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,014 | 97 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,824 | 113 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,996 | 99 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,872 | 109 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,706 | 123 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,900 | 105 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,612 | 134 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,728 | 119 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,611 | 134 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,432 | 163 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,386 | 172 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,244 | 199 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,087 | 233 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,105 | 214 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,086 | 211 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,027 | 224 | — | |
| 2002 | #971 | 228 | — | |
| 2001 | #918 | 246 | — | |
| 2000 | #774 | 295 | — | |
| 1999 | #798 | 274 | — | |
| 1998 | #751 | 288 | — | |
| 1997 | #634 | 353 | — | |
| 1996 | #605 | 378 | — | |
| 1995 | #559 | 415 | — | |
| 1994 | #526 | 468 | — | |
| 1993 | #435 | 578 | — | |
| 1992 | #422 | 597 | — | |
| 1991 | #422 | 606 | — | |
| 1990 | #390 | 672 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #359 | 713 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #310 | 799 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #274 | 895 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #278 | 882 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #247 | 1,043 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #237 | 1,069 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #208 | 1,209 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #190 | 1,439 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #177 | 1,565 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #157 | 1,776 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #147 | 1,934 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #138 | 1,951 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #134 | 2,122 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #117 | 2,273 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #107 | 2,655 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #112 | 2,632 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #113 | 2,754 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #89 | 3,398 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #98 | 3,721 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #106 | 3,591 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #98 | 3,771 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #93 | 3,697 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #120 | 2,798 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #131 | 2,772 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #139 | 2,759 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #147 | 2,763 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #157 | 2,579 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #164 | 2,458 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #167 | 2,514 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #171 | 2,329 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #169 | 2,285 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #166 | 2,258 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #165 | 2,327 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #164 | 2,276 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #167 | 2,056 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #175 | 1,960 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #171 | 1,808 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #173 | 1,775 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #179 | 1,637 | — | |
| 1950 | #179 | 1,567 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #193 | 1,408 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #197 | 1,364 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #194 | 1,379 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #203 | 1,200 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #240 | 771 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #289 | 561 | — | |
| 1943 | #322 | 475 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #330 | 440 | — | |
| 1941 | #340 | 369 | — | |
| 1940 | #342 | 352 | — | |
| 1939 | #372 | 312 | — | |
| 1938 | #352 | 333 | — | |
| 1937 | #347 | 339 | — | |
| 1936 | #370 | 293 | — | |
| 1935 | #408 | 251 | — | |
| 1934 | #425 | 238 | — | |
| 1933 | #434 | 220 | — | |
| 1932 | #405 | 261 | — | |
| 1931 | #356 | 325 | — | |
| 1930 | #358 | 351 | — | |
| 1929 | #348 | 349 | — | |
| 1928 | #329 | 411 | — | |
| 1927 | #343 | 378 | — | |
| 1926 | #313 | 449 | — | |
| 1925 | #287 | 542 | — | |
| 1924 | #276 | 573 | — | |
| 1923 | #261 | 603 | — | |
| 1922 | #306 | 450 | — | |
| 1921 | #346 | 356 | — | |
| 1920 | #368 | 321 | — | |
| 1919 | #356 | 326 | — | |
| 1918 | #374 | 306 | — | |
| 1917 | #338 | 338 | — | |
| 1916 | #360 | 292 | — | |
| 1915 | #382 | 251 | — | |
| 1914 | #403 | 172 | — | |
| 1913 | #490 | 108 | — | |
| 1912 | #531 | 84 | — | |
| 1911 | #522 | 63 | — | |
| 1910 | #679 | 39 | — | |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
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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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#336 · 1 in 1,783
- Iowa#393 · 1 in 2,287
- Texas#523 · 1 in 3,253
- Arizona#529 · 1 in 2,808
- Illinois#555 · 1 in 3,496
Best ever in a state: #15 in Mississippi, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #336 | 125 | 1 in 1,783 |
| Iowa | #393 | 6 | 1 in 2,287 |
| Texas | #523 | 43 | 1 in 3,253 |
| Arizona | #529 | 10 | 1 in 2,808 |
| Illinois | #555 | 20 | 1 in 3,496 |
| Florida | #624 | 17 | 1 in 4,315 |
| Wisconsin | #654 | 5 | 1 in 5,006 |
| Georgia | #671 | 9 | 1 in 4,752 |
| North Carolina | #684 | 8 | 1 in 5,007 |
| Washington | #720 | 6 | 1 in 4,772 |
| Michigan | #742 | 9 | 1 in 5,774 |
| New York | #842 | 16 | 1 in 6,313 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,029 | 6 | 1 in 9,711 |
| Ohio | #1,055 | 6 | 1 in 10,306 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 174 | #649 (1908) | #901 |
| 1910s | 1,979 | #338 (1917) | #444 |
| 1920s | 4,432 | #261 (1923) | #318 |
| 1930s | 2,923 | #347 (1937) | #383 |
| 1940s | 8,319 | #193 (1949) | #265 |
| 1950s | 19,949 | #164 (1956) | #171 |
| 1960s | 28,440 | #93 (1968) | #139 |
| 1970s | 27,031 | #89 (1972) | #116 |
| 1980s | 11,390 | #157 (1980) | #244 |
| 1990s | 4,629 | #390 (1990) | #554 |
| 2000s | 2,185 | #774 (2000) | #1,103 |
| 2010s | 1,117 | #1,611 (2010) | #1,846 |
| 2020s | 350 | #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 1997
girls
#634
353 births · 1 in 4,931 girls
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 4,931 of them was named Yolanda, which outranked 96.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).