Yolanda
Yolanda was given to 49 girls in 2025, #3,248 among girls’ names; 113,455 Americans have been recorded with it since 1901 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 91,400 Americans named Yolanda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 48 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Yolanda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Yolanda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Yolanda is “a female given name from Spanish.”
From Spanish Yolanda, the form of a medieval royal name of obscure, probably Germanic, origin. It has been identified with Latin Violante and with Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Doublet of Yolande.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Yolanda?
#3,248 among girls’ names, 2025
Yolanda fell from #1,882 in 2015 to #3,248 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 61.1 to 30.5 per million.
3,782 babies in 1969, the peak
Yolanda peaked in 1969, when 3,782 babies were given it (3,771 girls, #98 among girls’ names). The 49 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,248 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,606 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,850 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,071 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,068 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,630 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,216 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,024 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,827 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 99 | #2,016 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 109 | #1,882 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,713 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,917 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 134 | #1,623 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,740 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 134 | #1,620 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,440 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 172 | #1,389 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 199 | #1,250 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 233 | #1,089 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,111 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 211 | #1,089 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 224 | #1,027 | 0.12 |
| 2002 | 228 | #973 | 0.13 |
| 2001 | 246 | #918 | 0.14 |
| 2000 | 295 | #780 | 0.16 |
| 1999 | 274 | #798 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 288 | #751 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 353 | #635 | 0.20 |
| 1996 | 378 | #607 | 0.22 |
| 1995 | 415 | #560 | 0.24 |
| 1994 | 468 | #527 | 0.26 |
| 1993 | 578 | #435 | 0.32 |
| 1992 | 597 | #422 | 0.32 |
| 1991 | 606 | #422 | 0.32 |
| 1990 | 672 | #390 | 0.35 |
| 1989 | 713 | #359 | 0.39 |
| 1988 | 799 | #310 | 0.45 |
| 1987 | 895 | #275 | 0.51 |
| 1986 | 882 | #278 | 0.51 |
| 1985 | 1,043 | #247 | 0.61 |
| 1984 | 1,069 | #237 | 0.63 |
| 1983 | 1,209 | #208 | 0.72 |
| 1982 | 1,439 | #191 | 0.85 |
| 1981 | 1,565 | #177 | 0.94 |
| 1980 | 1,776 | #157 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 1,934 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,951 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 2,122 | #134 | 1.4 |
| 1976 | 2,273 | #117 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 2,655 | #107 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2,632 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1973 | 2,754 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1972 | 3,398 | #89 | 2.2 |
| 1971 | 3,721 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 1970 | 3,591 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1969 | 3,771 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 1968 | 3,697 | #93 | 2.3 |
| 1967 | 2,798 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1966 | 2,772 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1965 | 2,759 | #139 | 1.6 |
| 1964 | 2,763 | #147 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 2,579 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1962 | 2,458 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1961 | 2,514 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1960 | 2,329 | #172 | 1.2 |
| 1959 | 2,285 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1958 | 2,258 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1957 | 2,327 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 2,276 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 2,056 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | 1,960 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 1,808 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,775 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 1,637 | #179 | 0.91 |
| 1950 | 1,567 | #179 | 0.91 |
| 1949 | 1,408 | #193 | 0.82 |
| 1948 | 1,364 | #197 | 0.80 |
| 1947 | 1,379 | #194 | 0.78 |
| 1946 | 1,200 | #203 | 0.76 |
| 1945 | 771 | #240 | 0.59 |
| 1944 | 561 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1943 | 475 | #323 | 0.34 |
| 1942 | 440 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1941 | 369 | #341 | 0.31 |
| 1940 | 352 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1939 | 312 | #373 | 0.28 |
| 1938 | 333 | #354 | 0.30 |
| 1937 | 339 | #349 | 0.32 |
| 1936 | 293 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1935 | 251 | #410 | 0.24 |
| 1934 | 238 | #425 | 0.23 |
| 1933 | 220 | #434 | 0.22 |
| 1932 | 261 | #405 | 0.24 |
| 1931 | 325 | #357 | 0.31 |
| 1930 | 351 | #359 | 0.31 |
| 1929 | 349 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1928 | 411 | #329 | 0.36 |
| 1927 | 378 | #343 | 0.32 |
| 1926 | 449 | #314 | 0.38 |
| 1925 | 542 | #288 | 0.45 |
| 1924 | 573 | #276 | 0.46 |
| 1923 | 603 | #261 | 0.50 |
| 1922 | 450 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1921 | 356 | #348 | 0.29 |
| 1920 | 321 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1919 | 326 | #356 | 0.29 |
| 1918 | 306 | #375 | 0.26 |
| 1917 | 338 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1916 | 292 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1915 | 251 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1914 | 172 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1913 | 108 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1912 | 84 | #535 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 63 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 39 | #690 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 33 | #705 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 35 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 22 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 16 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 25 | #733 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,249 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,225 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Yolanda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Yolanda has been given almost only to girls: 537 boys in 125 years of records.
Girls and boys named Yolanda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Yolanda, and how old are they?
91,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 113,455 Americans ever recorded as Yolanda. The median Yolanda alive today is 57 years old; half are between 48 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 135,779 people named Yolanda (135,581 women and girls, 198 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 96,031 born in the U.S. The Census count is 41% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 30,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 41,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,450 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,070 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Yolanda born?
The states with the most babies named Yolanda are Texas, California and New York, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 21,464 | #2,908 | 2.9× |
| California | 19,041 | #2,481 | 1.8× |
| New York | 11,461 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 6,857 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 3,653 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,302 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 3,162 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 3,088 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 2,949 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 2,834 | #1,352 | 0.9× |
Where Yolanda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Yolanda is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Yolanda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 123,584 babies since 1880, Yolanda is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 49 of their 49 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Yolanda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Yolanda and names like it
- Compare Yolanda and YolondaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sYolanda peaked in 1969.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Yolanda since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Yolanda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1969The year the most babies were named Yolanda.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Yolanda alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with YMost given first.