Yolonda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yolonda

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,874 babies named Yolonda between 1923 and 2006, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yolonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 188 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yolonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,375 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Yolonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 229 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Yolonda in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yolonda 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 3,874 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.