Yolanda
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Yolanda
Bold and distinctive, Yolanda is a floral name that doesn't sound frilly or delicate. Ultimately deriving from the Greek words ioles meaning "violet" and anthos meaning "flower", it appears in a variety of forms internationally, including Jolanda, Jolanta, Iolanthe, Iolanta, Iolanda, and Jolana.
While some may associate Yolanda with Quentin Tarantino's crime movie, Pulp Fiction or with reality TV personality, Yolanda Hadid, Yolanda has also been borne by several members of European royalty, and by activist Yolanda King, gospel singer Yolanda Adams, and presenter Yolanda Vega.
Yolanda is also given to boys.
Pronounced yoh-LAN-duh.
As of October 2026, Yolanda ranked #3248 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #89 in 1972, Nameberry popularity #688.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,713 | 123 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,881 | 109 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #2,015 | 99 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,827 | 113 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,023 | 97 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,214 | 84 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,626 | 65 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,067 | 54 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #3,070 | 54 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 60 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,591 | 68 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,248 | 49 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Yolanda for girls
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Yolanda on lists
Famous Yolandas
- Yolanda MooreGirl
Actress, Model
- Yolanda de CourtenayGirl
Queen Consort of Andrew II of Hungary
- Yolanda of FlandersGirl
ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her son Philip of Namur
- Yolanda Yvette AdamsGirl
American gospel singer
- Yolanda Evette GriffithGirl
American basketball player
- Yolanda Whitaker aka YoGirl
Yo, American rapper
- Yolanda RiveraGirl
mother of actress Naya Rivera
- Yolanda Denise KingGirl
daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr
- Yolanda LopezGirl
American painter
- Yolanda SoaresGirl
Portuguese pop/classical singer
- Yolandi VisserGirl
South African rapper
- Yolanda HadidGirl
American,Dutch television personality
- Yolanda GamppGirl
Canadian cake artist and Youtuber
- Yolanda WalmsleyGirl
American reality TV personality, mother of Elliana Walmsley
Yolanda in pop culture
- YolandaGirl
alias used by 'Saffron' on TV's "Firefly"
- Yolanda "Yoli" VargasGirl
character in movie "Gotta Kick It Up!"
- Yolanda GarciaGirl
character in "How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
- YolandaGirl
song by Pablo Milanez
- Yolanda Be CoolGirl
Australian band
- Yolanda YewbeamGirl
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- YolandaGirl
character in "Young & Hungry"