Yalitza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-LEET-sah
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Yalitza is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Yalitza mean?
Mexican name of uncertain origin
Yalitza Aparicio, an Indigenous Mexican actress, was nominated for an Oscar for her lead role in Roma (2018).
Is Yalitza a girl's or a boy's name?
Yalitza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yalitza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Yalitza, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 159 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Yalitza in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yalitza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
Names like Yalitza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Alora Solana Amara Amira Ariana Camila Aria Eliana Jimena Sienna Samara
Names related to Yalitza
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yalitza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yalitza, updated 20 October 2026.