Jelitza — girls' name
91 babies named Jelitza in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
91 girls have been named Jelitza since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2013.
- 91
- total births
- 1994–2013
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Jelitza was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Jelitza in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jelitza
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Jelitza between 1994 and 2013, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jelitza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jelitza performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jelitza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jelitza in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 91 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jelitza at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jelitza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1994
- Peak year (2001)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
91 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 10 births in a single year.
Jelitza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 59 births that decade — 65% of Jelitza's all-time total
Jelitza decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jelitza's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.