Yalanda
Feminine
Yalanda writes an a where every standard form of the name writes an o, which is the one change and it is audible. A word beginning with the same letter has moved further from its origin than almost any other in English.
How old is the name Yalanda?
Yalanda first appears in US birth records in 1953 — 72 years ago. The typical Yalanda alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 600 people named Yalanda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yalanda most popular?
Yalanda peaked in 1971, reaching #2035 nationally. See the whole 1971 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yalanda
A yacht was a warship. The Dutch jacht is short for jachtschip, a hunting ship — a light, fast vessel built to chase pirates and smugglers in shallow coastal water, and to carry dispatches. The leisure sense arrived through a gift: the Dutch presented one to Charles the Second on his restoration, he liked it, had more built, and raced his brother in them on the Thames, which is roughly where yachting as a pastime begins. The word came into English with the boat and kept the Dutch spelling, which is why it looks nothing like it sounds. A hull designed to catch criminals became the standard image of expensive idleness within a century.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name it respells is a French and Spanish form of an older name whose meaning has never been demonstrated; the reading usually offered for it is a guess attached later. This spelling changes a vowel and documents nothing more.
Pronouncing Yalanda
yuh-LAN-duh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The changed vowel sits in the unstressed first syllable, where it reduces almost to nothing, so the difference is easy to miss.
Nicknames for Yalanda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1953
- Most girls named
- 197141 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2035reached in 1971
- Change vs 1993
- −37.5%5 in 2003, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yalandas among us
people named Yalanda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Yalanda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Middle stress on three syllables is the easiest rhythm English offers.
- Both cuts produce usable short forms.
- Seven letters with no silent ones make it simple to spell aloud.
- Yolanda, Yolonda and Jolanda will all be written for it.
- The changed vowel is nearly inaudible, so the spelling must be given aloud.
- The name it respells has no demonstrated meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yalandas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Yalanda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yalanda in 2025?
- Yalanda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Yalanda with classmates?
- Yalanda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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