Yolonda

girls:

3.9k births since 1923

#2774 (51st percentile)

overall:

3.9k births since 1923

#4418 (43rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Yolonda is the #4,418 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,874 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 42.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,774 (51.5% percentile) for all time with 3,874 births since 1923.

Yolonda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (first recorded for girls in 1923). Birth data for Yolonda is available in 69 out of the 84 years between 1923 and 2006. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Yolonda reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 24.1% percentile (ranked #564) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 117 births per million (ranked 24.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yolonda".

1923 2006 19232006

Key Statistics

Total Births
3,874
Peak Births
188
Peak Year
1972
First Recorded
1923
Peak Percentile
24.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#564
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Yolonda

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Yolonda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 70.3% confident that Yolonda is pronounced as yoh-LAHN-duh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yuh-LAHN-duh, at 21.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.

yoh-LAHN-duh (3 syllables)
70.3% confidence
Y OW0 L AA1 N D AH0
yuh-LAHN-duh (3 syllables)
21.6% confidence
Y AH0 L AA1 N D AH0
yoh-LUHN-duh (3 syllables)
8.1% confidence
Y OW0 L AH1 N D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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