# Yolanda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yolanda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “violet”, “flower” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Yolly |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 113,455 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 537 / 112,918 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 282, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Yolanda, the form of a medieval royal name of obscure, probably Germanic, origin. It has been identified with Latin Violante and with Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Doublet of Yolande.

## What it means

Yolanda is grouped under flower and violet.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 119 | 1,740 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,623 |
| 2013 | 105 | 1,917 |
| 2014 | 123 | 1,713 |
| 2015 | 109 | 1,882 |
| 2016 | 99 | 2,016 |
| 2017 | 113 | 1,827 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2,024 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,216 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,630 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,068 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,071 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,850 |
| 2024 | 68 | 2,606 |
| 2025 | 49 | 3,248 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 3,469 |
| 1977 | 17 | 2,663 |
| 1978 | 10 | 3,851 |
| 1979 | 10 | 4,063 |
| 1980 | 16 | 2,964 |
| 1981 | 15 | 3,029 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,583 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,475 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,964 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,690 |
| 1986 | 13 | 3,651 |
| 1987 | 10 | 4,569 |
| 1988 | 9 | 5,194 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,603 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,810 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## In other languages

- French: Yolande
- Hungarian: Jolán
- Latvian: Jolanta
- Polish: Jolanta
- Portuguese: Iolanda
- Romanian: Iolanda
- Russian: Иола́нда
- Spanish: Yolanda

## People named Yolanda

- Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer
- Yolanda Hadid, American television personality and former model
- Yolanda King, American activist (1955-2007)
- Yolanda Griffith, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Yolanda Saldívar, American convicted murderer
- Yolanda Caballero, Colombian long-distance runner
- Yolanda Kakabadse, Ecuadorian conservationist
- Yolanda Retter, American activist
- Yolanda Ortiz, Argentine chemist and environmentalist
- Yolanda Morazzo, Cape Verdean writer (1927-2009)
- Yolanda Becerra Vega, Colombian pacifist and feminist
- Isabela Merced, American actress and singer (born 2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.