Yanitza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-NEET-sah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Yanitza is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Yanitza come from?
Modern: modern coinage on Yani and the ending -itza, as in Yaritza
Is Yanitza a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanitza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yanitza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Yanitza, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Yanitza in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yanitza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Yanitza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayla Amara Ximena Amira Jimena Alora Alondra Yara Sienna Kiana Makayla Solana
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Yanitza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanitza, updated 20 October 2026.