first name
YOLANDA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 135,779 people named Yolanda, 63.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 25.7% as Black and 6.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
What should your name go on next?
Thanks! We'll make the most-wanted one next.
Yolanda peaked in 1969, when 3,782 babies got the name.
At least 113,455 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Yolanda by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #220. The largest share of babies named Yolanda, 39.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Yolanda is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yolanda has been most common in New Mexico (3.3×), Texas (2.6×), and District of Columbia (1.9×), and least common in Minnesota (0.06×).
108,876 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Yolanda
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yolanda, most common first.
Compare
🔎 YOLANDA 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1 in 2,224 Americans Rarer than 55.2% of us Peaked in 1969 with 3,782 babies Beat that 👇 https://howrareismy.name/first/yolanda/