Youlanda
Feminine
Youlanda writes an English word at the front of a name that has no English in it anywhere — which is what happens when a name is spelled by somebody who has only ever heard it.
How old is the name Youlanda?
Youlanda first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Youlanda alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 800 people named Youlanda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Youlanda most popular?
Youlanda peaked in 1968, reaching #1647 nationally. See the whole 1968 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Youlanda
Writing a name by ear means reaching for letter sequences you already know, and the sequences an English speaker knows best are English words. So a name gets a you, a may, a lee or a dawn in it, not because anybody intended the word but because those letters are the ones the hand produces. The result is a spelling that a reader parses into pieces that were never there — and once that has happened it is very hard to unsee. It is the same process that gives English folk etymologies like crayfish, which has no fish in it, and sparrowgrass for asparagus. Ears are not neutral instruments; they hear what the language has already taught them to expect.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name behind it came into Spanish from a French form of a Greek flower word, and every step of that chain is argued over — the violet reading offered for it has never been demonstrated. This spelling adds nothing except an English pronoun at the front.
Pronouncing Youlanda
yoh-LAN-duh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The you at the front is said as a plain yo.
Nicknames for Youlanda
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
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 196950 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1647reached in 1968
- Change vs 1985
- −16.7%5 in 1991, from 6
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.
Youlanda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yolanda in Spanish — related form
- Yolande in French — related form
Youlandas among us
people named Youlanda 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
Youlanda 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
- It is read correctly on sight in spite of the spelling.
- The middle stress carries well and resists clipping.
- It shortens to short forms that are used across the Spanish-speaking world.
- Yolanda is the standard spelling and hers will be corrected to it constantly.
- The English word at the front will be noticed by everybody.
- The meanings offered for the name have never been demonstrated.
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Frequently asked
- How many Youlandas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Youlanda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Youlanda in 2025?
- Youlanda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Youlanda with classmates?
- Youlanda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with Y, all years combined.
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