Yolanda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yolanda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yolanda: Recorded since 1970, it reached #446 in 1987, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1031
1997	#1015
1998	#1036
1999	#1060
2000	#993
2001	#2023
2002	#1530
2003	#1269
2004	#1715
2005	#1406
2006	#1983
2007	#1854
2008	#2721
2009	#3936
2010	#2235
2011	#3185
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2014	#2314
2015	#3615
2016	#2966
2017	#2925
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2022	#3533
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #447 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1970–1987
Highest recorded position: #446 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1987 (recorded 1970–1987).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Yolanda appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 282 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1970.

Yolanda across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yolanda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1031 (1996)	#993 (2000)	#5891 (2024)	27 of 29	282 (1996–2024)	21 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#446 (1987)	#446 (1987)	4 of 18	15 (1970–1987)	4 (1975)

Yolanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yolanda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	123	10 of 10	12
2010s	68	10 of 10	7
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yolanda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Republic of Ireland in 1987.

Yolanda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1031	19	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1970 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Yasir · #445, 30y
Camila · #444, 27y
Faizan · #444, 29y
Hira · #448, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Alwyn · #446, 24y
Joleen · #446, 17y
Dona · #447, 13y
Lolita · #449, 22y

Yolanda was ranked #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1987. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yolanda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yolanda without appearing here.

Yolanda moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #4684.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Yolanda

Carmel Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Yolanda

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Yolanda

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yolanda went from #1031 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Republic of Ireland in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yolanda

Yolanda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yolanda across 2 official records

Yolanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Yolanda across 2 official records

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