Yolanda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Yolanda is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “violet”. In 2025 it ranked 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Yolanda mean?
Spanish
“violet”
A female given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yolanda a girl's or a boy's name?
Yolanda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yolanda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yolanda in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Yolanda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Yolanda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Yolanda, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 3,771 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
2025 had fewer girls named Yolanda than any year since 1910.
Half of all the girls named Yolanda in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yolanda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,193 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,014 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,824 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 109 | #1,872 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,706 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2012 | 134 | #1,612 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,728 |
| 2010 | 134 | #1,611 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,432 |
| 2008 | 172 | #1,386 |
| 2007 | 199 | #1,244 |
| 2006 | 233 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,105 |
| 2004 | 211 | #1,086 |
| 2003 | 224 | #1,026 |
| 2002 | 228 | #970 |
| 2001 | 246 | #917 |
| 2000 | 295 | #774 |
| 1999 | 274 | #797 |
| 1998 | 288 | #751 |
| 1997 | 353 | #634 |
| 1996 | 378 | #605 |
| 1995 | 415 | #559 |
| 1994 | 468 | #526 |
| 1993 | 578 | #435 |
| 1992 | 597 | #422 |
| 1991 | 606 | #422 |
| 1990 | 672 | #390 |
| 1989 | 713 | #359 |
| 1988 | 799 | #310 |
| 1987 | 895 | #274 |
| 1986 | 882 | #278 |
| 1985 | 1,043 | #247 |
| 1984 | 1,069 | #237 |
| 1983 | 1,209 | #208 |
| 1982 | 1,439 | #190 |
| 1981 | 1,565 | #177 |
| 1980 | 1,776 | #157 |
| 1979 | 1,934 | #147 |
| 1978 | 1,951 | #138 |
| 1977 | 2,122 | #134 |
| 1976 | 2,273 | #117 |
| 1975 | 2,655 | #107 |
| 1974 | 2,632 | #112 |
| 1973 | 2,754 | #113 |
| 1972 | 3,398 | #89 |
| 1971 | 3,721 | #98 |
| 1970 | 3,591 | #106 |
| 1969 | 3,771 | #98 |
| 1968 | 3,697 | #93 |
| 1967 | 2,798 | #120 |
| 1966 | 2,772 | #131 |
| 1965 | 2,759 | #139 |
| 1964 | 2,763 | #147 |
| 1963 | 2,579 | #157 |
| 1962 | 2,458 | #164 |
| 1961 | 2,514 | #167 |
| 1960 | 2,329 | #171 |
| 1959 | 2,285 | #169 |
| 1958 | 2,258 | #166 |
| 1957 | 2,327 | #165 |
| 1956 | 2,276 | #164 |
| 1955 | 2,056 | #167 |
| 1954 | 1,960 | #175 |
| 1953 | 1,808 | #171 |
| 1952 | 1,775 | #173 |
| 1951 | 1,637 | #179 |
| 1950 | 1,567 | #179 |
| 1949 | 1,408 | #193 |
| 1948 | 1,364 | #197 |
| 1947 | 1,379 | #194 |
| 1946 | 1,200 | #203 |
| 1945 | 771 | #240 |
| 1944 | 561 | #289 |
| 1943 | 475 | #322 |
| 1942 | 440 | #330 |
| 1941 | 369 | #340 |
| 1940 | 352 | #342 |
| 1939 | 312 | #372 |
| 1938 | 333 | #352 |
| 1937 | 339 | #347 |
| 1936 | 293 | #370 |
| 1935 | 251 | #408 |
| 1934 | 238 | #425 |
| 1933 | 220 | #434 |
| 1932 | 261 | #405 |
| 1931 | 325 | #356 |
| 1930 | 351 | #358 |
| 1929 | 349 | #348 |
| 1928 | 411 | #329 |
| 1927 | 378 | #343 |
| 1926 | 449 | #313 |
| 1925 | 542 | #287 |
| 1924 | 573 | #276 |
| 1923 | 603 | #261 |
| 1922 | 450 | #306 |
| 1921 | 356 | #346 |
| 1920 | 321 | #368 |
| 1919 | 326 | #356 |
| 1918 | 306 | #374 |
| 1917 | 338 | #338 |
| 1916 | 292 | #360 |
| 1915 | 251 | #382 |
| 1914 | 172 | #403 |
| 1913 | 108 | #490 |
| 1912 | 84 | #531 |
| 1911 | 63 | #522 |
| 1910 | 39 | #679 |
| 1909 | 33 | #691 |
| 1908 | 35 | #649 |
| 1907 | 22 | #790 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
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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, “Yolanda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yolanda, updated 20 October 2026.