How Many People Are Named Yolanda?
people named Yolanda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,705 people in the US has this name
Based on 113,455 babies named Yolanda in Social Security records from 1901 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,782 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was possibly a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Yolanda in English. Counting Yolanda and these spellings together, about 95,691 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Yolanda (99.5%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yolanda alive today is about 55 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yolanda first appears in the records in 1901 and was given most often in 1969, to 3,782 babies. In 2025, 49 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1901 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yolanda never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #89, in 1972, and it was in the top 100 in 4 years between 1968 and 1972. In 2025 it ranked #3,248.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,248 |
| Best rank | #89 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (1968 to 1972) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #138 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yolanda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yolanda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 17,266 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yolanda was given 3.2 times as often in New Mexico, 2.9 times in Texas and 2.4 times in Arizona.
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