Yolander — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yolander

The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Yolander between 1951 and 1981, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yolander currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yolander performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yolander shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Yolander in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yolander 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 274 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.