Yelitza — #4216 US girls' name
1,182 babies named Yelitza in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Yelitza was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Yelitza in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yelitza
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,182 babies named Yelitza between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yelitza currently holds the #4216 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 81 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yelitza performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 341 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yelitza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 219 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yelitza in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yelitza 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 1,182 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.
Yelitza at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yelitza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2023)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #4216 among girls.
1,182 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 81 births in a single year.
Yelitza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 341 births that decade — 29% of Yelitza's all-time total
Yelitza decade highlights
- Peak decade 341 births
- Runner-up 324 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yelitza's strongest decade
341 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Yelitza by state
Where Yelitza concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 219 | 18.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 144 | 12.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 38 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 23 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.4% |
219 of 1,182 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.5% of nationwide
- Texas 12.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.