Yuliza
Feminine
Yuliza opens with the Yu- of a whole family of Spanish-American names, Yuliana and Yulissa among them, and closes with the -iza of Elisa and Luisa. It is three light syllables with the stress in the middle, easy to call and hard to forget.
How old is the name Yuliza?
Yuliza first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Yuliza alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Yuliza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yuliza most popular?
Yuliza peaked in 1997, reaching #2174 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yuliza
Julia is one of the oldest names in Europe, the feminine of a Roman family, and every language that took it reshaped it. In Spanish-speaking America a new branch grew, written with Y: Yuli, Yuliana, Yulissa. Yuliza is a leaf on that branch. It borrows the ending of Elisa and Luisa, with a z that Latin American Spanish says as s, and makes something that sounds both old and entirely new.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records where Yuliza comes from. It looks like a member of the family of Spanish names built on Julia and spelled with Y, and its ending matches Elisa, Luisa and Liza; no record says which, if any, was in mind.
Pronouncing Yuliza
yoo-LEE-suh
In Latin American Spanish the z is said as s and the stress falls on the middle syllable. English speakers often say yoo-LEE-zuh; both are heard.
Nicknames for Yuliza
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
- 1997
- Most girls named
- 199763 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2174reached in 1997
- Change vs 2022
- −25.0%6 in 2023, 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.
Yulizas among us
people named Yuliza 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
Yuliza 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 easy to say once seen, with a clear rhythm.
- Yuli and Liza give two different short forms.
- It sits comfortably in both Spanish and English.
- English speakers may start it with a hard J, as in Julie, or hesitate over the Y.
- Because its origin is not recorded, there is no meaning to give when asked; the honest answer is that it is a modern Spanish-American name.
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- How many Yulizas 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 Yuliza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yuliza in 2025?
- Yuliza is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Yuliza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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