At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #6,116 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 19 (<0.01% of girls)
- Trend
- Slipping #4,169 in 2020 to #6,116 in 2025
- Peak
- #2,269 in 2023
- First recorded
- 1976
Meaning of Yelitza
Yelitza is a name of Spanish origin, whispered with the soft roll of an Andalusian breeze and rooted in the ancient Hebrew Elisheva—“pledged to God”—that unfolds like a scarlet petal beneath a golden Mediterranean sun. Pronounced ye-LEET-sah, it ripples through each syllable with the gentle cadence of a lullaby drifting across olive groves in Tuscany, where cypresses stand as silent witnesses to dusk’s warm embrace. Though it skirts the outskirts of America’s name charts, hovering near the nine-hundred mark in recent years, Yelitza endures as a rare gem: a luminous benediction of steadfast devotion and creative spark. It moves with playful grace—akin to a gondolier’s mischievous wink beneath Venetian bridges—inviting every bearer to etch her own vibrant story across the sunlit mosaic of life.
How to pronounce Yelitza
Spanish
- Pronounced ye-LEET-sah /jeˈlit.sa/
Popularity of Yelitza in the U.S.
Yelitza was the #6,116 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 19 babies. It peaked at #2,269 in 2023. It first appears in the records in 1976.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1976–2025 43 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 6,116 | ▼ 1,909 |
| 2024 | 34 | 4,207 | ▼ 1,938 |
| 2023 | 81 | 2,269 | ▲ 2,026 |
| 2022 | 33 | 4,295 | ▲ 538 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,833 | ▼ 664 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,169 | ▼ 451 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,718 | ▲ 358 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,076 | ▲ 2,211 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,287 | ▼ 2,037 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,250 | ▼ 655 |
| 2015 | 43 | 3,595 | ▲ 1,173 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,768 | ▼ 692 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,076 | ▲ 45 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,121 | ▲ 1,422 |
| 2011 | 24 | 5,543 | ▼ 569 |
| 2010 | 28 | 4,974 | ▲ 735 |
| 2009 | 24 | 5,709 | ▲ 246 |
| 2008 | 23 | 5,955 | ▼ 2,741 |
| 2007 | 53 | 3,214 | ▲ 10 |
| 2006 | 51 | 3,224 | ▲ 1,889 |
| 2005 | 25 | 5,113 | ▼ 2,080 |
| 2004 | 51 | 3,033 | ▲ 1,385 |
| 2003 | 29 | 4,418 | ▼ 37 |
| 2002 | 28 | 4,381 | ▼ 596 |
| 2001 | 34 | 3,785 | ▲ 1,196 |
| 2000 | 23 | 4,981 | ▼ 1,793 |
| 1999 | 40 | 3,188 | ▼ 909 |
| 1998 | 62 | 2,279 | ▲ 2,381 |
| 1997 | 22 | 4,660 | ▲ 4,152 |
| 1996 | 9 | 8,812 | ▼ 2,854 |
| 1995 | 15 | 5,958 | ▲ 26 |
| 1994 | 15 | 5,984 | ▼ 1,997 |
| 1993 | 26 | 3,987 | ▲ 3,525 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,512 | ▲ 475 |
| 1991 | 10 | 7,987 | back (not recorded in 1990) |
| 1989 | 15 | 5,545 | ▲ 2,146 |
| 1988 | 9 | 7,691 | ▼ 5,198 |
| 1987 | 41 | 2,493 | back (not recorded in 1986) |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,307 | ▲ 1,115 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,422 | back (not recorded in 1982–1983) |
| 1981 | 11 | 5,885 | ▲ 2,293 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,178 | back (not recorded in 1977–1979) |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,284 | new |
Notable people named Yelitza
- Yelitza Lora is a Dominican radio and TV host, dancer, model, and stage and film actress.