Girls' name · since 1976
Yelitza
1,201 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.
- #6,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,179 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,201
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,201 babies have been named Yelitza since 1976, making it today's #6179 girls' name.
Yelitza has 1,201 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6179 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #6,610 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,179 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,201 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yelitza ranks #6,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,179 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,201 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,179 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,201
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yelitza's 1,201 recorded births place it above 90.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yelitza compares
1,201 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yelitza's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yelitza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,201 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yelitza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yelitza's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 81, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yelitza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Yelitza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (341 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Yelitza's strongest decade.
341 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Yelitza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 94
1980s
94 births
- 1990s
1990s
210 births
- 2000s
2000s
341 births
- 2010s
2010s
324 births
- 2020s
2020s
227 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 341 births (28% of all-time use).
How Yelitza compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yelitza's total volume
Yelitza by state
Where Yelitza concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 219 | 18.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 144 | 12.0% |
| #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 1,201 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Yelitza's data
- Yelitza's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (341 total births) through the 2020s (227) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yelitzas (219 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yelitza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yelitza draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.