Yolanda

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Yolanda is a female given name from Western Europe and North America, derived from the Greek name Iolanthe meaning "Violet". In German and Dutch the name is spoken similarly but traditionally spelled Jolanda, and in Italian, Portuguese and Romanian Iolanda.

From Wikipedia

Yolanda first appears in the data in 1901 and has been recorded in 124 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 3,771 babies (rank #98 that year). In 2024 it was given to 68 girls (rank #2,591). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Yolanda

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yolanda yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

113,400
Total babies (all years)
124
Years in the data
3,771
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19019#1,225
190211#1,131
190313#1,025
190410#1,250
190525#733
190616#962
190722#818
190835#663
190933#705
191039#690
191163#530
191284#535
1913108#490
1914172#405
1915251#382
1916292#360
1917338#339
1918306#375
1919326#356
1920321#368
1921356#348
1922450#306
1923603#261
1924573#276
1925542#288
1926449#314
1927379#343
1928411#329
1929348#349
1930351#359
1931325#357
1932261#405
1933220#434
1934238#425
1935251#410
1936293#370
1937339#349
1938333#354
1939312#373
1940352#342
1941369#341
1942440#331
1943475#323
1944561#289
1945771#240
19461,200#203
19471,378#194
19481,365#197
19491,408#193
19501,567#179
19511,637#179
19521,775#173
19531,808#171
19541,960#175
19552,054#167
19562,276#164
19572,327#165
19582,258#166
19592,285#169
19602,328#172
19612,514#167
19622,457#165
19632,579#157
19642,764#147
19652,758#139
19662,771#131
19672,798#121
19683,697#93
19693,771#98
19703,591#106
19713,721#98
19723,398#89
19732,754#113
19742,632#112
19752,654#107
19762,275#117
19772,122#134
19781,951#138
19791,934#147
19801,776#157
19811,565#177
19821,439#190
19831,209#208
19841,069#237
19851,043#247
1986882#278
1987895#275
1988799#310
1989712#359
1990672#390
1991606#422
1992597#422
1993578#435
1994468#527
1995415#560
1996378#607
1997353#635
1998288#751
1999274#799
2000295#780
2001246#919
2002228#974
2003224#1,028
2004211#1,089
2005213#1,114
2006233#1,089
2007199#1,250
2008172#1,389
2009163#1,439
2010134#1,620
2011119#1,740
2012134#1,622
2013105#1,917
2014123#1,713
2015109#1,881
201699#2,015
2017113#1,827
201897#2,023
201984#2,214
202065#2,626
202154#3,067
202254#3,070
202360#2,848
202468#2,591