Yalda — #9743 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yalda

The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Yalda between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yalda currently holds the #9743 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yalda performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yalda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yalda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yalda 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 118 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.