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Yelitza

ye-LEET-sah /jeˈlit.sa/ Spanish

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

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.

Bar and line chart: Yelitza in the U.S., 1976–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 81 in 2023 and 19 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #2,269 in 2023, #6,116 in 2025.
  • Girls named Yelitza (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1976–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1976⁠–⁠2025 43 rows
Yelitza: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025196,116▼ 1,909
2024344,207▼ 1,938
2023812,269▲ 2,026
2022334,295▲ 538
2021274,833▼ 664
2020334,169▼ 451
2019403,718▲ 358
2018354,076▲ 2,211
2017196,287▼ 2,037
2016344,250▼ 655
2015433,595▲ 1,173
2014294,768▼ 692
2013364,076▲ 45
2012364,121▲ 1,422
2011245,543▼ 569
2010284,974▲ 735
2009245,709▲ 246
2008235,955▼ 2,741
2007533,214▲ 10
2006513,224▲ 1,889
2005255,113▼ 2,080
2004513,033▲ 1,385
2003294,418▼ 37
2002284,381▼ 596
2001343,785▲ 1,196
2000234,981▼ 1,793
1999403,188▼ 909
1998622,279▲ 2,381
1997224,660▲ 4,152
199698,812▼ 2,854
1995155,958▲ 26
1994155,984▼ 1,997
1993263,987▲ 3,525
1992117,512▲ 475
1991107,987back (not recorded in 1990)
1989155,545▲ 2,146
198897,691▼ 5,198
1987412,493back (not recorded in 1986)
198569,307▲ 1,115
1984510,422back (not recorded in 1982–1983)
1981115,885▲ 2,293
198078,178back (not recorded in 1977–1979)
197659,284new

Notable people named Yelitza

  • Yelitza Lora is a Dominican radio and TV host, dancer, model, and stage and film actress.