Yalda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAL-da
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Yalda is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “birth”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Yalda mean?
Aramaic: Persian, from Syriac yalda 'birth'
“birth”
Shab-e Yalda, the longest night of the year, is celebrated in Iran at the winter solstice.
Is Yalda a girl's or a boy's name?
Yalda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yalda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Yalda, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yalda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Yalda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Yalda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Yalda, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Yalda in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yalda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Yalda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua Safa Ayra Pippa Luna Yusra Esme Isla Ayla Hafsa Lola Amara
Names related to Yalda
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yalda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yalda, updated 20 October 2026.