Yolanda — #2579 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yolanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 112,863 babies named Yolanda between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yolanda currently holds the #2579 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 3,771 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yolanda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 28,437 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Yolanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21,404 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yolanda in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yolanda 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 112,863 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.