Yelitza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yeh-LEET-sa
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Yelitza is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Yelitza come from?
Latin American name, perhaps from Elizabeth
Is Yelitza a girl's or a boy's name?
Yelitza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yelitza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Yelitza, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Yelitza than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Yelitza in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yelitza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Yelitza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Solana Alora Aria Camila Ariana Xiomara Elora Amara Amora Eliana Sophia
Names related to Yelitza
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, “Yelitza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yelitza, updated 20 October 2026.